Babblers (Timaliidae)
Stripe-headed Tit-babbler (Macronus striaticeps) - HBW 12, p. 183
French: Timalie brune
German: Streifenkopf-Meisentimalie
Spanish: Timalí Pardo
Other common names: Brown Tit-babbler
Taxonomy: Macronus striaticeps Sharpe, 1877, Malamaui Islet, off Basilan, Philippines.
Original description of genus included two different spellings of name (, Macronous); current name determined by ICZN Principle of First Reviser (see page 78). This species is placed by some systematists in a monotypic genus, Minodoria. Proposed races cumingi (Samar and Leyte), boholensis (Bohol) and mearnsi (Mindanao) merged with mindanensis. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mindanensis Steere, 1890 - Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Panaon, Bohol, Mindanao and islets of Balut, Cabo, Malanipa, Buad and Maripipi, in E & S Philippine Is.
- alcasidi duPont & Rabor, 1973 - Dinagat and Siargao, in E Philippines.
- striaticeps Sharpe, 1877 - Basilan and Malamaui (off W Mindanao).
- kettlewelli Guillemard, 1885 - Sulu Archipelago, in SW Philippines.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds on a branch showing allopreening. Locality Lianga, Surigao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines
Desmond Allen 4 November 2006 3 years ago 28 sec 3.7
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One of pair of birds in undergrowth on Baliungan island
Locality Tawi-Tawi, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines (ssp kettlewelli)
Desmond Allen 1 March 1998 2 years ago 2.8 -
Pair of birds in undergrowth on Baliungan island
Locality Tawi-Tawi, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines (ssp kettlewelli)
Desmond Allen 1 March 1998 2 years ago 2.3
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bird singing Locality Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines
(ssp mindanensis)
Desmond Allen 6 November 2006 2 years ago 2
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