Short-tailed Babbler (Trichastoma malaccense)

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
13.50 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1844)

Habitat
Lowland evergreen forest, swamp forest, mainly primary forest but also secondary growth, overgrown plantations, scrub and streamside thickets. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Singapore (B), Thailand (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction through illegal logging and conversion to agriculture, forest fires are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Short-tailed Babbler (Pellorneum malaccense) [XC484878]
by Guy Kirwan from central catchment nature reserve, Singapore (song)

Short-tailed Babbler (Pellorneum malaccense) [XC838635]
by id from Jemaja Timur, Kepulauan Anambas Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia (duet)

Subspecies
Has been placed in genus Trichastoma. Forms a superspecies with Ashy-headed Babbler (Trichastoma cinereiceps) and may perhaps be conspecific, but song very different. Populations in parts of Borneo have been regarded as subspecifically distinct, but variation slight and probably clinal.

Proposed subspecies sordida (north-eastern Borneo) and saturata (Bangka, Belitung, and western Borneo) both considered synonymous with poliogenys. Proposed subspecies feriata (from Mt Mulu, in north-western Borneo), based on single specimen, has characters apparently exhibited by juveniles of this species.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

malaccense (Hartlaub, 1844) - Southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and its islands, Anambas Is and northern Natuna Is.
poliogenys (Strickland, 1849) - Bangka, Belitung and Borneo.
saturatum (Robinson & Kloss, 1920) - Western Borneo, Bangka and Belitung islands.
feriatum (Chasen & Kloss, 1931) - Extreme north-eastern Sarawak (Mt. Mulu).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Short-tailed Babbler (Trichastoma malaccense) - 10 files

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