Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Mountain Tailorbird (Orthotomus cucullatus) - HBW 11, p. 423
French: Couturière montagnarde
German: Bergschneidervogel
Spanish: Sastrecillo Montano
Other common names: Golden-headed Tailorbird
Taxonomy: Orthotomus euculatus [sic] Temminck, 1836, Java.
May form a superspecies with or be conspecific with O. heterolaemus; affinities of the two uncertain; they differ from congeners in high-pitched song and present species seemingly also in nest details (unknown for latter species). Apparent presence of four races on Sulawesi based on relatively little material; situation in need of review. Racial identity of birds discovered in 1994 in Sula Is (Taliabu) uncertain; possibly an as yet undescribed race. Fourteen subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coronatus Jerdon & Blyth, 1861 - NE India (Darjeeling and Sikkim E to Arunachal Pradesh, also Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland), Bhutan, E Bangladesh and N & E Myanmar E to S China (W & SE Yunnan, Guangxi), S to N Thailand, SW Cambodia, Laos and N & C Vietnam.
- thais (Robinson & Kloss, 1923) - S Thailand.
- malayanus (Chasen, 1938) - Peninsular Malaysia.
- coronatus Jerdon & Blyth, 1861 - NE India (Darjeeling and Sikkim E to Arunachal Pradesh, also Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland), Bhutan, E Bangladesh and N & E Myanmar E to S China (W & SE Yunnan, Guangxi), S to N Thailand, SW Cambodia, Laos and N & C Vietnam.
- thais (Robinson & Kloss, 1923) - S Thailand.
- malayanus (Chasen, 1938) - Peninsular Malaysia.
- cucullatus Temminck, 1836 - Sumatra, Java and Bali.
- cinereicollis (Sharpe, 1888) - N Borneo.
- philippinus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1897) - N Philippines (Luzon).
- viridicollis Salomonsen, 1962 - W Philippines (Palawan).
- riedeli (A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895) - N Sulawesi.
- stentor (Stresemann, 1938) - C & SE Sulawesi.
- meisei (Stresemann, 1931) - SC Sulawesi.
- hedymeles (Stresemann, 1932) - S Sulawesi (Lompobatang massif).
- batjanensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1912) - Bacan (off SW Halmahera).
- dumasi (E. J. O. Hartert, 1899) - Buru and Seram (S Moluccas).
- everetti (E. J. O. Hartert, 1897) - Flores (Lesser Sundas).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging in the understory of the forest Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp coronatus)
Yoel Jimenez 9 December 2010 1 year ago 10 sec 3.7 -
Brief views of a bird moving in vegetation Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp stentor)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 3.1 -
A bird foraging on the edge of dense vegetation Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp stentor)
Keith Blomerley 27 August 2011 19 weeks ago 20 sec 3
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single bird in undergrowth
Locality Bedugul, Bali (Indonesia) (ssp cucullatus)
Mat Gilfedder 2 September 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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apparently two adults with an immature calling to each other Locality Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
Desmond Allen 1 September 2002 2 years ago 3.5 -
bird singing Locality Sagada, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 December 2007 2 years ago 3
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