Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala)

Other Names (World)
Bornean Bristlehead, Bristlehead, Bald-headed Wood-shrike, Bald-headed Crow, Bristled Shrike, Bristled Starling

Family
Pityriasidae (Bristlehead)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1835

Habitat
Peatswamp forest, primary evergreen forest, logged forest and tall secondary forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B).

Borneo.

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala) [XC23071]
by David Edwards from Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)

Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala) [XC501705]
by Hans Groot from Bintulu District (near Sebauh), Bahagian Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia (call, song)

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).

References
See References.

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