Bristlehead (Pityriaseidae)
Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala) - HBW 14, p. 348
French: Barite chauve
German: Warzenkopf
Spanish: Gimnocéfalo
Other common names: Bornean Bristlehead, Bald-headed Wood-shrike/Crow, Bristled Shrike/Starling
Taxonomy: Barita gymnocephala Temminck, 1836, Borneo.
Relationships uncertain. Has in the past been considered closely related variously to shrikes (Laniidae), starlings (Sturnidae), helmet-shrikes (Prionopidae), vangas (Vangidae), butcherbirds (Cracticidae), babblers (Timaliidae) and wood-shrikes (Tephrodornis). DNA analysis indicated close affiliation with cracticid genera Cracticus, Gymnorhina and Strepera; more recent DNA-sequencing studies, however, suggest that present species belongs to a diverse group of shrike-like birds which includes vangas, bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae), helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, philen.. View all taxonomy...
Relationships uncertain. Has in the past been considered closely related variously to shrikes (Laniidae), starlings (Sturnidae), helmet-shrikes (Prionopidae), vangas (Vangidae), butcherbirds (Cracticidae), babblers (Timaliidae) and wood-shrikes (Tephrodornis). DNA analysis indicated close affiliation with cracticid genera Cracticus, Gymnorhina and Strepera; more recent DNA-sequencing studies, however, suggest that present species belongs to a diverse group of shrike-like birds which includes vangas, bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae), helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, philentomas (Philentoma), wattle-eyes (Platysteira), ioras (Aegithina) and assorted other genera, this group being sister to the cracticids and the woodswallows (Artamidae). Monotypic.
Distribution: Borneo.
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Calls of a bird, joined by those of another at the end.
Locality Bornean Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 1996 1 year ago 4 -
One of a pair calling from high up in a tree Locality Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
Desmond Allen 1 September 2002 1 year ago 3.5
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