Brown Tit-Babbler (Macronus striaticeps) [XC616583]
by id from Near waterfall trail, Samar National Park, Eastern Visayas, Philippines (call)
Brown Tit-Babbler (Macronus striaticeps) [XC616580]
by Frank Lambert from Near waterfall trail, Samar National Park, Eastern Visayas, Philippines (call, song)
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies cumingi (Samar and Leyte), boholensis (Bohol) and mearnsi (Mindanao) merged with mindanensis.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
mindanensis Steere, 1890 - Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Panaon, Bohol, Mindanao and islets of Balut, Cabo, Malanipa, Buad and Maripipi, in eastern and southern Philippine Is.
alcasidi duPont & Rabor, 1973 - Dinagat and Siargao, in eastern Philippines.
striaticeps Sharpe, 1877 - Basilan and Malamaui (off western Mindanao).
kettlewelli Guillemard, 1885 - Sulu Archipelago, in south-western Philippines.