Black-crowned Babbler (Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus)

Other Names (World)
Black-crowned Babbler, Black-crowned Tree-babbler

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Steere, 1890)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Visayan Babbler (Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus) [XC617329]
by Frank Lambert from nr Milan waterfall, Taft, Samar NP, Eastern Visayas, Philippines (call)

Visayan Babbler (Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus) [XC617328]
by id from nr Milan waterfall, Taft, Samar NP, Eastern Visayas, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Golden-crowned Babbler (Sterrhoptilus dennistouni) and Rusty-crowned Babbler (Sterrhoptilus capitalis), and all have been treated as conspecific.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

affinis (McGregor, 1907) - Southern and south-eastern Luzon, in northern Philippines.
nigrocapitatus (Steere, 1890) - Samar and Leyte, in east-central Philippines.
boholensis (Rand & Rabor, 1957) - Bohol, in south-central Philippines.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-crowned Babbler (Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus) - 4 files

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