Mountain Tailorbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Cettiidae (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

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 12,100,000km²
    Migratory Status : Altitudinal Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    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)
  – NE India (Darjeeling and Sikkim E to Arunachal Pradesh, also Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland), Bhutan and N, W and E Myanmar E to S China (W and SE Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong), S to N Thailand, SW Cambodia, Laos and N and C Vietnam.
• Phyllergates cucullatus thais (Robinson, HC; Kloss, CB 1923)
  – S Thailand.
• Phyllergates cucullatus malayanus (Chasen, FN 1938)
  – Peninsular Malaysia.
• Phyllergates cucullatus cinereicollis (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – mountain ranges of Borneo.
• Phyllergates cucullatus philippinus (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – N Philippines (Luzon).
• Phyllergates cucullatus viridicollis (Salomonsen, F 1962)
  – W Philippines (Palawan).
• Phyllergates cucullatus riedeli (Meyer, AB; Wiglesworth, LW 1895)
  – N Sulawesi.
• Phyllergates cucullatus stentor (Stresemann, EFT 1938)
  – C and SE Sulawesi.
• Phyllergates cucullatus meisei (Stresemann, EFT 1931)
  – SC Sulawesi.
• Phyllergates cucullatus hedymeles (Stresemann, EFT 1932)
  – S Sulawesi (Lompobattang Massif).
• Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis (Hartert, EJO 1912)
  – Bacan (off SW Halmahera).
• Phyllergates cucullatus dumasi (Hartert, EJO 1899)
  – Buru and Seram (S Moluccas).
• Phyllergates cucullatus everetti (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – Flores (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 (Banggai Islands)
  
  Undetermined races on Peleng (off E Sulawesi), Taliabu (Sula Is) and Obi I (off S Halmahera).

Distribution Map

Phyllergates cucullatus ssp. cinereicollis

Date : 15 February 2025

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