Brown-cheeked Fulvetta

The brown-cheeked fulvetta is a small, dull-coloured babbler-like bird 15cm long, found in the forests of South and South-east Asia. It is distributed widely in peninsular India, with other populations east of the Brahmaputra extending into South-east Asia. The bill is grey, short and weak, the wings brownish, the underside buff and the crown grey (Wikipedia, general species account).

It forages on trees for insects, sometimes hanging from branches in a tit-like manner, and visits flowers for nectar. It is often hard to see in vegetation but has loud multi-note whistling calls in the morning and afternoon. The nest is a cup of green moss, rootlets, lichen, leaves and grass, placed in a fork or suspended from twigs. The source does not describe its status in China (Wikipedia, general species account).