Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre)

Other Names (World)
Moustached Babbler, Brown-headed Babbler, Brown-headed Tree-babbler

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
16.50 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Moore, 1854)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, high altitude shrubland, heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (72)...)

Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) [XC802985]
by Ding Li Yong from San Kala Khiri national park, Thailand (alarm call, call)

Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) [XC697915]
by Craig Robson from Jerantut District (near Kuala Tahan), Pahang, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies flavum (from Anambas Is) merged with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

magnirostre (Moore, 1854) - Extreme southern Myanmar, western and southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia (including Tioman I), Anambas Is, Singapore and Sumatra.
cinereocapilla (Salvadori, 1868) - Borneo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) - 10 files

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