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Babblers (Timaliidae)

Bold-striped Tit-babbler (Macronus bornensis) - HBW 12, p. 182

French: Timalie de Bornéo German: Fleckenmeisentimalie Spanish: Timalí de Borneo

Taxonomy: M[ixornis]. bornensis Bonaparte, 1850, Banjermasin, Borneo.
Original description of genus included two different spellings of name (Macronus, Macronous); current name determined by ICZN Principle of First Reviser (see page 78). Formerly treated as conspecific with M. gularis. Proposed races ruficoma (from islands of Bangka and Belitung) and pontius (from Pulau Laut, off SE Borneo) regarded as synonyms of nominate. Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • zopherus ( Oberholser, 1917) - Anamba Is, E of Peninsular Malaysia.
  • everetti ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1894) - Bunguran, in N Natuna Is.
  • zaperissus ( Oberholser, 1932) - N Natunas (except Bunguran).

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  • zopherus ( Oberholser, 1917) - Anamba Is, E of Peninsular Malaysia.
  • everetti ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1894) - Bunguran, in N Natuna Is.
  • zaperissus ( Oberholser, 1932) - N Natunas (except Bunguran).
  • argenteus ( Chasen & Kloss, 1930) - Banggi I and Malawali I, off N Borneo.
  • cagayanensis ( Guillemard, 1885) - Cagayan Sulu I, in SW Sulu Sea.
  • bornensis ( Bonaparte, 1850) - Borneo (except Mt Kinabalu area), including Pulau Laut, also Bangka I and Belitung I (off E Sumatra).
  • montanus ( Sharpe, 1887) - Mt Kinabalu area, in N Borneo.
  • javanicus ( Cabanis, 1851) - W & C Java.
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