Habitat
Dense undergrowth of moist broadleaved evergreen or pine forests, favouring ravines and steep, rocky, boulder-strewn hillsides covered with moss, ferns and orchids. From 1,000 - 2,000 m.
Eastern Meghalaya east to north-western Manipur, in north-eastern India.
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Forest clearance, degradation and fragmentation, primarily due to shifting cultivation, but also through burning, cutting for fuelwood collection and, more locally, commercial timber extraction are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis) [XC437021]
by id from Mawkdok Viewpoint trail, Meghalaya, India (song)
Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis) [XC168132]
by George Wagner from Mawphlang Dam approach road, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Naga Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis chocolatinus) which has more rufous underparts with conspicuous buff-and-brown flecking.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet