Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Friday, 25 February 2022

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus castaniceps

栗头鹟莺 (lì-tóu wēng-yīng)

Malay : Cekup-Kacamata Ubun Coklat

Japanese : クリガシラモリムシクイ (kuri-gashira mori mushi-kui)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 栗頭森虫喰

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 8,520,000km²
  Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 8,360,000km²
  Migratory Status : Altitudinal Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 9–10·5 cm; 4–6 g

Subspecies (9) and Distribution

Phylloscopus castaniceps castaniceps (Hodgson, 1845)
– N and NE India (extreme E Uttarakhand E to Arunachal Pradesh, also hills S of R Brahmaputra in Nagaland and Manipur), Nepal, Bhutan, extreme S and SE Tibet, W Yunnan (China), Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts) and W and N Myanmar.
Phylloscopus castaniceps collinsi (Deignan, 1943)
– E Myanmar and NW Thailand.
Phylloscopus castaniceps laurentei (La Touche, 1922)
– SE Yunnan (Mengzi region) and S Guangxi (Yao Shan), in extreme S China.
Phylloscopus castaniceps sinensis (Rickett, 1898)
– C and S China (S Shaanxi S to Sichuan and NW Fujian), N Laos and N Vietnam (W and E Tonkin, N Annam); non-breeding SE China (S Guizhou and SE Yunnan E to S Fujian, S to Guangxi and Guangdong).
Phylloscopus castaniceps stresemanni (Delacour, 1932)
– S Laos (Bolovens) and SW Cambodia (Cardamom Mts).
Phylloscopus castaniceps youngi (Robinson, 1915)
– peninsular Thailand.
Phylloscopus castaniceps annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919)
– SC Vietnam (Langbian Plateau).
Phylloscopus castaniceps butleri (Hartert, E, 1898)
– mountains of Peninsular Malaysia.
Phylloscopus castaniceps muelleri (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
– Sumatra.