Mountain tailorbird

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Phyllergates cucullatus |volume=2017 |page=e.T22714976A111101603 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22714976A111101603.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| image =Mountain Tailorbird 0A2A2707.jpg

| genus = Phyllergates

| species = cucullatus

| authority = (Temminck, 1836)

| synonyms = Orthotomus cuculatus

|range_map =Phyllergates cucullatus distribution map.png

}}

The mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus) is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but is now placed in the genus Phyllergates of the family Cettiidae.

File:Orthotomus cuculatus.jpg

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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