Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax)

Other Names (World)
Crescent-chested Babbler, Pearl-cheeked Babbler, Pearl-cheeked Tree-babbler, Pearl-chested Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1823)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax) [XC79358]
by Frank Lambert from Kubu, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia (alarm call)

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax) [XC166757]
by Mike Nelson from Gunung Halimun National Park, Java, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Has sometimes been placed in genus Macronus. Plumage geographically variable, to greater extent than is reflected in current subspecific classification; on other hand, at least one authority prefers to merge mendeni and albigula with nominate. A further, undescribed subspecies may exist on Bawean I, off north-eastern Java.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

melanothorax (Temminck, 1823) - Western and central Java.
mendeni (Neumann, 1935) - Indramayu, in western Java.
albigula (Stresemann, 1930) - Mt Papandayan, in western Java.
intermedia (Robinson, 1918) - Eastern Java (Mt. Raung).
baliensis (Hartert, 1915) - Lowlands of Bali.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax) - 10 files

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