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 : -

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 4,640,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 9·5–10 cm; c. 5 g

    Subspecies (6) and Distribution

• Phylloscopus montis montis (Sharpe, RB 1887)
  – Borneo.
• Phylloscopus montis davisoni (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – mountains of Peninsular Malaysia.
• Phylloscopus montis barisanus (Christie, DA; Elliott, A 2016)
  – Sumatra.
• Phylloscopus montis xanthopygius (Whitehead, J 1893)
  – W Philippines (Palawan).
• Phylloscopus montis floris (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – Flores, in Lesser Sundas.
• Phylloscopus montis paulinae (Mayr, E 1944)
  – Timor and, perhaps this race, Alor.

Distribution Map

Phylloscopus montis ssp. montis

Date : 11 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Bird Watching Point, KM55 Jalan Penampang-Tambunan,

Daerah Penampang,  Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

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