Black-browed Babbler - BirdForum Opus

The species Black-browed Babbler is possibly extinct.

Malacocincla perspicillata

Identification

15 - 16cm. Only known from one specimen:

• Drab brown crown
• Broad brownish-black supercilium
• Dull rufous-brown upperparts
• Lores whitish with blackish area in front of eye
• Pale grey cheek and ear coverts
• Whitish chin and throat
• Grey breast with narrow whitish streaks
• Dull rufous-brown on flanks
• Rather long hooked bill
• Dull brown legs

Distribution

Southern Borneo, Indonesia. Known from a single 19th-century specimen. The specimen was most likely collected around Martapura between 1843 and 1848. All lowland forest around Martapura has now disappeared .

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Sometimes thought to be a local subspecies of Horsfield's Babbler but now widely accepted as full species.
Sometimes placed in genus Turdinus.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

No information about diet or breeding. Feeds probably on small invertebrates.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. 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

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-browed Babbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-browed_Babbler

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