Mountain Tailorbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Scotocercidae (Bush Warblers and allies)

Mountain Tailorbird

Phyllergates cucullatus

栗头缝叶莺 (lì-tóu féng-yè-yīng) / 金头缝叶莺 (jīn-tóu féng-yè-yīng)

    Malay : Perenjak-Gunung Biasa

    Japanese : キバラサイホウチョウ (ki-bara saihō-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黄腹裁縫鳥

    Size : 10–12 cm; 6–7 g

    

    Subspecies (16) and Distribution

• Phyllergates cucullatus cucullatus (Latham, 1790)
  – Sumatra, Java, and Bali.
• Phyllergates cucullatus coronatus (Blyth, E 1861)
  – mountains of eastern Nepal to northeastern India, southwestern China, northern Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
• Phyllergates cucullatus thais (Robinson, HC; Kloss, CB 1923)
  – mountains of peninsular Thailand (south of Isthmus of Kra).
• Phyllergates cucullatus malayanus (Chasen, FN 1938)
  – Malay Peninsula.
• Phyllergates cucullatus cinereicollis (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – mountains of northeastern Borneo (Kinabalu to Mount Mulu and Tama Abu Range).
• Phyllergates cucullatus philippinus (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – northern Luzon (northern Philippines).
• Phyllergates cucullatus viridicollis (Salomonsen, F 1962)
  – mountains of Palawan (southwestern Philippines).
• Phyllergates cucullatus riedeli (Meyer, AB; Wiglesworth, LW 1895)
  – northern Sulawesi.
• Phyllergates cucullatus stentor (Stresemann, EFT 1938)
  – north-central and southeastern Sulawesi.
• Phyllergates cucullatus meisei (Stresemann, EFT 1931)
  – south-central Sulawesi (Latimojong Mountains).
• Phyllergates cucullatus hedymeles (Stresemann, EFT 1932)
  – southwestern Sulawesi (Lompobattang).
• Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis (Hartert, EJO 1912)
  – mountains of Bacan Island (northern Moluccas).
• Phyllergates cucullatus dumasi (Hartert, EJO 1899)
  – southern Moluccas (Buru and Seram).
• Phyllergates cucullatus everetti (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – Flores (western Lesser Sundas).
• Phyllergates cucullatus sulanus (Rheindt, FE; Prawiradilaga, DM; Ashari, H; Suparno; Ng, NSR 2020)
  – Taliabu (Sula Islands).
• Phyllergates cucullatus relictus (Rheindt, FE; Prawiradilaga, DM; Ashari, H; Suparno; Ng, NSR 2020)
  – Peleng, in Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi).

Phyllergates cucullatus ssp. cinereicollis

Date : 15 February 2025

Location : Hill Lodge, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, 
Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah