Pygmy Cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla) [XC173911]
by Ding Li Yong from Kampungcai Ranca Upas, Indonesia (alarm call, call)
Pygmy Cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla) [XC453755]
by Teus Luijendijk from KM 34.5 Trail, Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand (song)
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.