White-bellied Erpornis

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Vireonidae (Vireos)

White-bellied Erpornis

Erpornis zantholeuca

白腹凤鹛 (bái-fù fèng-méi) / 绿画眉 (lǜ huà-méi)

    Malay : Kelicap-Berjambul

    Japanese :アオチメドリ (ao-chime-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 青知目鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 10,400,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 11–13 cm; 8–17 g

    Subspecies (8) and Distribution

• Erpornis zantholeuca zantholeuca (Blyth, 1844, Nepal)
  – N India (E Uttarakhand) (1), Nepal, Bhutan, all NE Indian states, E Bangladesh, S China (W and S Yunnan), and throughout SE Asia (except for N and SE Thailand and N Indochina).
• Erpornis zantholeuca tyrannulus (Swinhoe, 1870, central Hainan)
  
  – SE China (SE Yunnan and S Guizhou E to Jiangxi and Fujian, including Hainan and Hong Kong), Taiwan, N Thailand and N Indochina.
• Erpornis zantholeuca griseiloris (Stresemann, 1923, Siuhang, Kwangtung)
  
  – SE China (Fujian, Guangdong, w Guangxi, se Yunnan); Taiwan.
• Erpornis zantholeuca sordida (Robinson and Kloss, 1919, Da Ban [lat. 12° 38' N., long. 109° 06' E.] , Annam)
  – Extreme e plateau of Thailand to s Indochina.
• Erpornis zantholeuca canescens (Delacour and Jabouille, 1928, Le Boc Kor [lat. 10° 3r N., long. 104° 03' E.], Cambodia)
  – SE Thailand and SW Cambodia.
• Erpornis zantholeuca interposita (Hartert, E, 1917, Temengor [lat. 5° 19' N., long. 101° 24' E.], Perak)
  – Malay Peninsula (Mergui District and Isthmus of Kra to Johore).
• Erpornis zantholeuca brunnescens (Sharpe, 1876, Sarawak)
  – Borneo, including Pulau Laut (off SE coast).
• Erpornis zantholeuca saani (Chasen, 1939, near Pendeng [lat. 4° 08' N., long. 97° 36' E.] , Sumatra)
  – NW Sumatra.

Distribution Map

Erpornis zantholeuca ssp. interposita
Date : 17 August 2019

Location : Kledang Saiong Eco Forest Park, Bandar Meru Raya, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Erpornis zantholeuca ssp. interposita
Date : 17 August 2019

Location : Kledang Saiong Eco Forest Park, Bandar Meru Raya, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Erpornis zantholeuca ssp. interposita
Date : 20 May 2019

Location : Taman Negara Pahang (Sungai Relau), Merapoh, Daerah Lipis, Pahang

Erpornis zantholeuca ssp. interposita
Date : 13 August 2017

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang