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

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 6,420,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    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)
  – Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, and Sumbawa.
• Phylloscopus trivirgatus parvirostris (Stresemann, EFT 1912)
  – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak south to Pahang).
• Phylloscopus trivirgatus kinabaluensis (Sharpe, RB 1901)
  – Mt Kinabalu (and possibly Muratus Mountains), in northern Borneo.
• Phylloscopus trivirgatus sarawacensis (Chasen, FN 1938)
  – Northern and northwestern Borneo (mountains of Trus Madi, Mulu, and Nyiut, Poi Mountains of western Sarawak).
  
  

Distribution Map

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