Pygmy Cupwing
Pnoepyga pusilla
小鳞胸鹪鹛
Introduction
A small bird in the wren-babbler family Pnoepygidae. Found across southern and eastern Asia, ranging from the Himalayas eastward to the Lesser Sunda Islands. Inhabits subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests as well as moist montane forests.
Distribution & Habitat
Occurs from the Himalayas through southern and eastern Asia to the Lesser Sunda Islands. Occupies subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest habitats.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pnoepygidae
- Genus
- Pnoepyga
- eBird Code
- pywbab1
Vocalizations
Subspecies (7)
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Pnoepyga pusilla annamensis
southern Indochina (Langbian Plateau) and southern Laos (Bolaven Plateau)
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Pnoepyga pusilla everetti
highlands of Flores (eastern Lesser Sundas)
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Pnoepyga pusilla harterti
highlands of Malay Peninsula
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Pnoepyga pusilla lepida
highlands of western Sumatra
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Pnoepyga pusilla pusilla
Nepal to Assam, northern Myanmar, southeastern Tibet, southwestern China, and northern Thailand
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Pnoepyga pusilla rufa
highlands of Java
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Pnoepyga pusilla timorensis
highlands of Timor (eastern Lesser Sundas)
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.