Pygmy Cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla) [XC20238]
by David Edwards from Wawu Shan (entrance road), Sichuan, China (song)
Pygmy Cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla) [XC64066]
by David Edwards from Punakha, Bhutan (?)
Subspecies
Was in the past sometimes treated as conspecific with Taiwan Cupwing (Pnoepyga formosana). Subspecies timorensis seems to be possibly vocally distinct, may represent a separate species. Populations in southern Laos have not been assigned to subspecies.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
pusilla Hodgson, 1845 - Northern India (south-eastern Uttaranchal Pradesh) and Nepal east to all north-eastern Indian hill states, north, west, eastern and south-eastern Myanmar (including northern Tenasserim), southern and south-eastern China (southern Shaanxi south to south-eastern Xizang and Yunnan, east to southern Anhui and Zhejiang), north-western Thailand, northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (western Tonkin, northern Annam). Also (probably this race) Hainan I.