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 NT    Rufous-crowned Babbler* Id (Atlas):
    Malacopteron magnum

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Rufous-crowned Babbler, Red-headed Babbler, Red-headed Tree-babbler, Greater Red-headed Babbler, Greater Red-headed Tree-babbler, Larger Red-headed Babbler, Larger Red-headed Tree-babbler

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
17.50 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Eyton, 1839

Habitat
Lowland primary evergreen forest. Also selectively logged forest, tall secondary forest, mixed-dipterocarp forest, swamp forest and overgrown plantations. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (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 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction through illegal logging and conversion to agriculture, forest fires.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (65)...)

 
Rufous-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron magnum) [XC196829]
     by Marc Anderson from Kubah National Park, nr Park HQ, Sarawak, Malaysia (song)

 
Rufous-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron magnum) [XC673223]
     by Marc Anderson from Mountain Lodge, Tawau Hills, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Melodious Babbler (Malacopteron palawanense) and sometimes thought possibly conspecific.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • magnum Eyton, 1839   -  Extreme southern Myanmar (extreme southern Tenasserim), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, northern Natuna Is and Borneo (except north).
  • saba Chasen & Kloss, 1930   -  Northern Borneo.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Rufous-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron magnum) - 10 files


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