Mountain Leaf-warbler / Warbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Mountain Warbler /
Mountain Leaf-warbler

Phylloscopus trivirgatus

山柳莺 (shān liǔ-yīng)

    Malay : Cekup-Daun Kunyit Gunung

    Japanese : ミナミムシクイ (minami mushi-kui)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 南虫喰

    Taxonomy update for 2022

Negros Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus nigrorum, of the Philippines,
is split from Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus,
which is widespread to the west of the Philippines.

- Negros Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus nigrorum) : widespread in Philippines

- Mountain Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus trivirgatus) : Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Borneo

      Size : 10-11 cm; 9 g

      Subspecies (4) and Distribution

• Phylloscopus trivirgatus trivirgatus (Strickland, HE 1849, Java) – Sunda Mountain Warbler
  – Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa and nw Borneo.
• Phylloscopus trivirgatus parvirostris (Stresemann, EFT 1912)
  – Malaya (Perak S to Pahang).
• Phylloscopus trivirgatus kinabaluensis (Sharpe, RB 1901)
  – Mountains of ne Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu).
• Phylloscopus trivirgatus sarawacensis (Chasen, FN 1938)
  – Mountains of w Borneo (Poi Mountains of w Sarawak).
  
  

Phylloscopus trivirgatus ssp. parvirostris
Date : 01 January 2020

Location : Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highlands, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Phylloscopus trivirgatus ssp. kinabaluensis
Date : 12 February 2019

Location : Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah