Stripe-headed Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis mystacalis) [XC79158]
by Desmond Allen from Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines (call)
Stripe-headed Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis mystacalis) [XC617154]
by Jelle Scharringa from nr Milan waterfall, Taft, Samar NP, Eastern Visayas, Philippines (call)
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies longirostris (from vicinity of Cadiz, in northern Negros) described on basis of long bill, but bill length evidently no different from that of birds of nominate subspecies from northern Luzon.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
mystacalis (Temminck, 1825) - Northern and west-central Philippines (islands of Luzon, Catanduanes, Masbate, Panay and Negros).
minor Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 - Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Bohol, Calicoan, Dinagat, Mindanao and Basilan, in east-central and southern Philippines.