Timor Stubtail (Urosphena subulata) [XC140161]
by Colin Trainor from Ili Moso, Wetar, Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia (call, song)
Timor Stubtail (Urosphena subulata) [XC69722]
by Colin Trainor from near Foho Lulik, probably about .5 km from the main road to Indonesia and something like 5 km from the border, East Timor (call)
Subspecies
Originally considered to include Russet-capped Tesia (Tesia everetti) as a subspecies. Birds on Wetar may represent an undescribed subspecies. Further study is required.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
subulata (Sharpe, 1884) - Islands of Wetar, Atauro, Timor and Roti, in eastern Lesser Sundas.