Golden-headed cysticol [1] [2] ( lat. Cisticola exilis ) is a bird from the cysticol genus. It lives in the wetlands of Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Body length 9–11.5 cm, weight 7–10 g [3] . The bird feeds on insects and seeds. They are considered the best tailors among birds: they often use spider threads to build their nests.
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Cysticol Goldhead |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Cisticola exilis ( Vigors & Horsfield , 1827 ) |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22713544 |
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It was first described by naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827 and received the binomial name Malurus exilis . The specific name exilis from the Latin word "small", "slim" or "thin". Now this species is placed in the genus cysticol, which was erected by the German naturalist Johann Jacob Kaup in 1829. It was named tailorbird, but it is not closely related to Orthotomus, a genus containing 13 species known as tailorbirds.
Twelve subspecies are recognized [4] :
- Ce tytleri Jerdon , 1863 - South Nepal and Northeast India, Northern Myanmar and Southwest China
- Ce erythrocephalus Blyth , 1851 - India Peninsula
- Ce equicaudatus Baker, ECS , 1924 - East Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina
- Ce courtoisi La Touche , 1926 - South and East China
- Ce volitans ( Swinhoe , 1859) - Taiwan
- Ce semirufus Cabanis , 1872 - Philippines and Sulu Archipelago
- Ce rusticus Wallace , 1863 - Sulawesi and the South Islands of Maluku
- Ce lineocapilla Gould , 1847 - Sumatra, southwestern Borneo, Java, Lesser Sundas and Northwestern Australia
- Ce diminutus Mathews , 1922 - New Guinea, Torres Strait Isles and Northeast Australia
- Ce alexandrae Mathews, 1912 - Inner North of Australia
- Ce exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - Eastern and Southeast Australia
- Ce polionotus Mayr , 1934 - Bismarck Archipelago
