Rhabdornis (Rhabdornithidae)

Stripe-headed Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis mystacalis) - HBW 13, p. 194

French: Rhabdornis è tête striée German: Streifenkopf-Trugbaumläufer Spanish: Rabdornis Común
Other common names: Stripe-headed Creeper, Stripe-sided Rhabdornis

Taxonomy: Meliphaga mystacalis Temminck, 1825, neighbourhood of Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
Proposed race longirostris (from vicinity of Cadiz, in N Negros) described on basis of long bill, but bill length evidently no different from that of birds of nominate race from N Luzon. Two subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • mystacalis ( Temminck, 1825) - N & WC Philippines (islands of Luzon, Catanduanes, Masbate, Panay and Negros).
  • minor Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 - Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Bohol, Calicoan, Dinagat, Mindanao and Basilan, in EC & S Philippines.