Bornean bristlehead

"Bristlehead" redirects here. For the plant, see Carphochaete.

Bornean bristlehead
Museum specimen above (Naturalis), living individual below (Sepilok)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Malaconotoidea
Family: Pityriasidae
Mayr & Amadon, 1951
Genus: Pityriasis
Lesson, 1839
Species:
P. gymnocephala
Binomial name
Pityriasis gymnocephala
(Temminck, 1836)

The Bornean bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala), also variously known as the bristled shrike, bald-headed crow or the bald-headed wood-shrike, is the only member of the passerine family Pityriasidae and genus Pityriasis. This enigmatic and vulnerable species is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it lives in small groups in the rainforest canopy.[2][3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Pityriasis gymnocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22706336A205829365. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MacKinnon1993 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.