Mountain Tailorbird

Phyllergates cucullatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandTiny · 6 g

What the Mountain Tailorbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Mountain Tailorbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Peter Wilton · Alarm call, song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Mountain Tailorbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Peter Wilton · Alarm call, song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Mountain Tailorbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Peter Wilton · Song · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Mountain Tailorbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mountain Tailorbird

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Mountain Tailorbird

The mountain tailorbird is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but is now placed in the genus Phyllergates of the family Cettiidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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