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 LC    Black-crowned Babbler* Id (Atlas):
    Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus

Description (4)
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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).

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

 
Visayan Babbler (Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus) [XC617329]
     by Frank Lambert 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
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Files:
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