Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis) - HBW 11, p. 465
French: Cisticole à couronne dorée
German: Goldkopf-Zistensänger
Spanish: Cistícola Cabecidorado
Other common names: Bright-capped/Bright-headed/Bright-crowned Cisticola, Golden/Gold-capped Cisticola, Yellow-headed Cisticola, Exile Warbler
Taxonomy: Malurus exilis Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Affinities uncertain; closely resembles C. eximius, but seasonal change in tail length much greater. Twelve subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- erythrocephalus Blyth, 1851 - S India (S Mysore, W Tamil Nadu and Kerala).
- tytleri Jerdon, 1863 - N India and S Nepal E to N & W Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang, W Yunnan).
- equicaudatus Stuart Baker, 1924 - E Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and S Vietnam.
- erythrocephalus Blyth, 1851 - S India (S Mysore, W Tamil Nadu and Kerala).
- tytleri Jerdon, 1863 - N India and S Nepal E to N & W Myanmar and S China (SE Xizang, W Yunnan).
- equicaudatus Stuart Baker, 1924 - E Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and S Vietnam.
- courtoisi La Touche, 1926 - S & E China (SE Yunnan E to S Anhui and NW Fujian, S to Guanxi and Guangdong).
- volitans (Swinhoe, 1859) - Taiwan.
- semirufus Cabanis, 1872 - Philippines (except Palawan) and Sulu Archipelago.
- lineocapilla Gould, 1847 - Sumatra, SW Borneo, Java, Lesser Sundas and NW Australia.
- rusticus Wallace, 1863 - Sulawesi, Peleng, Buru and Seram.
- diminutus Mathews, 1922 - New Guinea lowlands, islands in Torres Strait and NE Australia (N Queensland).
- polionotus Mayr, 1934 - Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland and adjacent islands).
- alexandrae Mathews, 1912 - N Australia (N Western Australia, interior of Northern Territory E to C Queensland.
- exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - SE Australia (SE Queensland, New South Wales, SE South Australia, SE Victoria, and King I).
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A male singing on the top of a perch Locality Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp exilis)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 4 years ago 48 sec 4.8 -
A close view of a short-tailed male, singing Locality Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp exilis)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 4 years ago 23 sec 4.8 -
A male displaying its territorial song Locality Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp exilis)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 4 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
A male in breeding plumage, preening and flying away Locality Ubud, Bali (Indonesia) (ssp lineocapilla)
Philip Griffin 16 September 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A male in breeding plumage, perching on a barbed wire fence, defecating, then scratching its head, then calling. Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp exilis)
Nick Talbot 15 December 2009 2 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a branch, preening Locality Tyto Wetland, Ingham, Queensland, Australia (ssp diminutus)
Peter Nash 24 October 2006 5 years ago 1 min 10 sec 4.1
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Golden-headed cisticola
Locality Fyshwick Sewage Ponds, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 8 August 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
A bird singing.
Locality Eagleby Wetlands Reserve, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Perched in grassland.
Locality Eagleby Wetlands Reserve, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Female golden-headed cisticola foraging in large grassed area along creek bank
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David McKay 5 July 2011 29 weeks ago 4 -
I was walking through chest-high grass searching for quail when this little guy popped up 3 metres from me.
Locality Jerseyville, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 5 December 2008 51 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on grass
Locality Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Peter Strauss 10 July 2010 51 weeks ago 4
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bird singing Locality Sibuyan Island, Romblon Province, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 July 2002 1 year ago 3
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