Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, high altitude shrubland, heavily degraded former forest.
Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) [XC802985]
by Ding Li Yong from San Kala Khiri national park, Thailand (alarm call, call)
Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) [XC96571]
by Frank Lambert from Perak; Bukit Kinta, Sungai Pacat, Malaysia (call, response to playback- calls andsong)
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.