Alternative name: Negros Tree-Babbler
- Zosterornis nigrorum
Identification
14 - 15cm.
- Black forecrown and supercilium
- Whitish lores, cheek and frontal ear-coverts with blackish flecks
- Olive rest of crown, neck side and upperparts
- Dark greyish-brown wings and tail
- Underparts creamy-yellow with small dark streaks
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed
Distribution
Endemic to the island of Negros, Philippines. Only known from four sites, three around Mount Talinis and one around Mount Canlaon but recently only recorded at Mount Talinis.
Restricted-range species with tiny range, classified as endangered.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
May form a superspecies with Luzon Striped-Babbler, Panay Striped-Babbler and Palawan Striped-Babbler and has even be considered conspecific with Panay Striped-Babbler.
Like other Striped Babblers from the Philippines formerly placed in genus Stachyris.
Habitat
Montane forest, secondary and degraded forest, forest edge and adjacent banana plantations. Found at 900m to 1600m, mainly above 1000m.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects and small fruits.
Forages in foliage of understorey trees and bushes.
Seen singly, in pairs or small groups. Often in bird-waves with other species like Philippine Bulbul, Warbling White-eye, Mountain Leaf Warbler, Blue-headed Fantail or Elegant Tit.
Female in breeding conditon seen in November. No information about nest or clutch size.
Resident species.
References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Negros Striped Babbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Negros_Striped_Babbler
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
