Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B).
Borneo.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through illegal logging and land conversion, forest fires, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Invertebrates, small reptiles and amphibians.
Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala) [XC442281]
by Martjan Lammertink from Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (alarm call, begging call, call, song)
Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala) [XC59699]
by Desmond Allen from Rainforest Discovery Center, Sepilok, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Relationships uncertain. Has in the past been considered closely related variously to shrikes (Laniidae), starlings (Sturnidae), helmet-shrikes (Prionopidae), vangas (Vangidae), butcherbirds (Cracticidae), babblers (Timaliidae) and wood-shrikes (Tephrodornis). DNA analysis indicated close affiliation with cracticid genera Cracticus, Gymnorhina and Strepera. More recent DNA-sequencing studies, however, suggest that present species belongs to a diverse group of shrike-like birds which includes vangas, bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae), helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, philentomas (Philentoma), wattle-eyes (Platysteira), ioras (Aegithina) and assorted other genera, this group being sister to the cracticids and the woodswallows (Artamidae).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet