A Manual of Philippine Birds

by Richard C. McGregor

Genus OTOMELA Bonaparte, 1853.

The Philippine species of Otomela may be recognized by the nearly uniformly colored upper parts, narrow, white or pale buff, superciliary stripe, and short tail; wing and tail about equal in length.[76]

Species.

• a¹. Forehead pearl-gray, shading gradually into earthy brown on the crown and back. lucionensis (p. [597])
• a². Forehead not gray, the upper parts reddish brown.
  • b¹. Upper parts duller brown. cristata (p. [598])
  • b². Upper parts brighter, reddish or fox-brown. superciliosa (p. [598])

581. OTOMELA LUCIONENSIS (Linnæus).

GRAY-HEADED SHRIKE.

• Lanius lucionensis Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 135; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 171, pl. 29, fig. 1; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 274; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 226.
• Otomela lucionensis Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 288; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 92.

Ta-ga-pa-ri, Ticao; ti-cong, Cagayancillo; te-ti-bi-as, Bantayan; ti-ba-las, Siquijor; ta-rat or ca-bi-so-te, Manila.

Agutaya (McGregor); Balabac (Everett); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Everett, Bartsch); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Möllendorff, Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch); Maestre de Campo (McGregor & Worcester); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Platen, Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Palawan (Whitehead, Everett, Platen, Bourns & Worcester, White); Panaon (Everett); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Steere Exp.); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester); Siquijor (Celestino, Bourns & Worcester); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). Mongolia, northern China, Korea, Formosa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Malay Archipelago; southern India in winter.