Bornean bristlehead
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"Bristlehead" redirects here. For the plant, see Carphochaete.
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]
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Bornean bristlehead | |
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Museum specimen above (Naturalis), living individual below (Sepilok) | |
Scientific 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) | |
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