Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, high altitude shrubland, heavily degraded former forest.
Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) [XC114405]
by Mike Nelson from Johor, Panti Forest Reserve, Bunker Trail, c.1km, Malaysia (call, song)
Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) [XC819537]
by Kim Chuah Lim from Lenggor Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia (call, song)
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.