Sooty-capped babbler

The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the family Pellorneidae.

Sooty-capped babbler

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Malacopteron
Species:
M. affine
Binomial name
Malacopteron affine
(Blyth, 1842)

The sooty-capped babbler is also known in Malay as rimba tinjau belukar. Its main diet is small insects.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Malacopteron affine". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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