Yellow-breasted Warbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Yellow-breasted Warbler

Phylloscopus montis

黄胸鹟莺 (huáng-xiōng wēng-yīng)

    Malay : Cekup-Kacamata Melayu

    Japanese : チャガシラモリムシク (cha-gashira mori mushi-ku) /
                      チャガシラモリムシクイ (cha-gashira mori mushi-kui)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : 9–10·5 cm; 4–6 g

    Subspecies (6) and Distribution

• Phylloscopus montis montis (Sharpe, RB 1887)
  – Mountains of Borneo (Kinabalu to Poi Range).
• Phylloscopus montis davisoni (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – High mountains of s Malay Peninsula.
• Phylloscopus montis barisanus (Christie, DA; Elliott, A 2016)
  – Mountains of Sumatra.
• Phylloscopus montis xanthopygius (Whitehead, J 1893)
  – Mountains of Palawan (sw Philippines).
• Phylloscopus montis floris (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – Mountains of Flores (w Lesser Sundas).
• Phylloscopus montis paulinae (Mayr, E 1944)
  – Mountains of Timor (e Lesser Sundas).

Phylloscopus montis ssp. montis
Date : 07 November 2023
Location : KM1.5, Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah