Brown-capped Babbler (Pellorneum fuscocapillus) [XC211547]
by Peter Boesman from Sinharaja NP, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka (song)
Brown-capped Babbler (Pellorneum fuscocapillus) [XC152807]
by Tero Linjama from Nilgala, Uva Province, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (song)
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies scortillum (south-western wet-zone lowlands) falls within range of variation of nominate, and is therefore synonymized with it.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
babaulti (Wells, T, 1919) - Dry zone of northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
fuscocapillus (Blyth, 1849) - Wet zone of south-western and central Sri Lanka.
scortillum Ripley, 1946 - Humid forests of south-western Sri Lanka.