Mountain Tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus)

Other Names (World)
Mountain Tailorbird, Golden-headed Tailorbird

Family
Scotocercidae (Bush-warblers)

Size
11.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (B), Thailand, Vietnam.

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (292)...)

Mountain Tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus) [XC157803]
by Arend Wassink from Mishmi Hills, rd up to Muyudia hotel, Arunachal Pradesh, India (song)

Mountain Tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus) [XC598383]
by Frank Lambert from Wolo, Kolaka Regency, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia (call, song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with or be conspecific with Rufous-headed Tailorbird (Phyllergates heterolaemus). Apparent presence of four subspecies on Sulawesi based on relatively little material. Racial identity of birds discovered in 1994 in Sula Is (Taliabu) uncertain. Possibly an as yet undescribed subspecies.

The following 16 subspecies are recognised:

coronatus (Blyth, 1861) - North-eastern India (Darjeeling and Sikkim east to Arunachal Pradesh, also Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland), Bhutan, eastern Bangladesh and northern and eastern Myanmar east to southern China (western and south-eastern Yunnan, Guangxi), south to northern Thailand, south-western Cambodia, Laos and northern and central Vietnam.
thais Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - Southern Thailand.
malayanus Chasen, 1938 - Peninsular Malaysia.
cucullatus (Temminck, 1836) - Sumatra, Java and Bali.
cinereicollis Sharpe, 1888 - Northern Borneo.
philippinus Hartert, 1897 - Northern Philippines (Luzon).
viridicollis (Salomonsen, 1962) - Western Philippines (Palawan).
riedeli Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1895 - Northern Sulawesi.
stentor Stresemann, 1938 - Central and south-eastern Sulawesi.
meisei Stresemann, 1931 - South-central Sulawesi.
hedymeles Stresemann, 1932 - Southern Sulawesi (Lompobatang massif).
batjanensis Hartert, 1912 - Bacan (off south-western Halmahera).
dumasi Hartert, 1899 - Buru and Seram (southern Moluccas).
everetti Hartert, 1897 - Flores (Lesser Sundas).
sulanus - Taliabu, the largest member of the Sula Islands.
relictus - Peleng, the largest island in the Banggai group.

References
See References.

Files:

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