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'''Alternative names: Tickell's Babbler; Buff-breasted Jungle Babbler; Mountain Brown Babbler'''
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[[Image:Buffbreasted babbler Dave B-1.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Dave+B|Dave B}}<br />Fraser's Hill, [[Malaysia]], June 2009]]
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;[[:Category:Pellorneum|Pellorneum]] tickelli
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13 - 15cm. A nondescript small brown babbler:
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* Squarish-tipped longish tail
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* Forehead feathers seem slightly scaled with pale shaft-streaks
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* Warm brown above, buff below
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* Whitish belly
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Sexes similar, juveniles with strongly rufescent upperparts.
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[[Image:ZzIMG 3986 buff-breasted babbler 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''fulvum''<br />Photo by {{user|baboon|baboon}}<br />Longheng Tun, Longzhou, Guangxi, [[China]], October 2015]]
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====Confusion species====
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[[Abbott's Babbler]] has grey on foreparts and is heavier billed. [[Spot-throated Babbler]] has fine spots on throat.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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From northeast [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] over [[Burma]] and south [[China]] (Yunnan and Guangxi) to [[Thailand]], [[Indochina]] and peninsular [[Malaysia]].<br />
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Locally common in its range.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 5 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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* ''P. t. assamense'' from northeast [[India]] to east [[Bangladesh]] and north and west [[Burma]]
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* ''P. t. grisecens'' in southwest [[Burma]]
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* ''P. t. fulvum'' in south [[China]] (Yunnan, Guangxi), southeast [[Burma]], north [[Thailand]], [[Laos]] and north [[Vietnam]]
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* ''P. t. annamense'' in [[Cambodia]], south [[Laos]] and south and central [[Vietnam]]
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* ''P. t. tickelli'' in south [[Burma]], west and south [[Thailand]] and peninsular [[Malaysia]]
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[[Sumatran Babbler]] was formerly included in this species.<br />
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May form a superspecies with [[Temminck's Babbler]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Evergreen forest. Sometimes also in mixed deciduous open or deep forest, secondary growth, bamboo thickets and undergrowth of secondary and logged forest. Up to 1550m, above 610m in [[Malaysia]].
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Usually seen in pairs, sometimes associated with other small babblers. Skulking, keeps close to the ground in dense undergrowth.
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====Diet====
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Feeds on insects.
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====Breeding====
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Breeding season from March to July, multi-brooded. The nest is a deep cup or dome or semi-dome made of dry bamboo, other leaves, fine grasses and thin rootlets. It's placed on the ground, sometimes also at the base of a sapling up to 1.5m (mostly not higher than 0.3m). Lays 3 - 4 eggs.<br />
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Resident species.
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==References==
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==External Links==
 
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Latest revision as of 23:40, 6 September 2023

Alternative names: Tickell's Babbler; Buff-breasted Jungle Babbler; Mountain Brown Babbler

Photo by Dave B
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, June 2009
Pellorneum tickelli

Identification

13 - 15cm. A nondescript small brown babbler:

  • Squarish-tipped longish tail
  • Forehead feathers seem slightly scaled with pale shaft-streaks
  • Warm brown above, buff below
  • Whitish belly

Sexes similar, juveniles with strongly rufescent upperparts.

Subspecies fulvum
Photo by baboon
Longheng Tun, Longzhou, Guangxi, China, October 2015

Confusion species

Abbott's Babbler has grey on foreparts and is heavier billed. Spot-throated Babbler has fine spots on throat.

Distribution

From northeast India and Bangladesh over Burma and south China (Yunnan and Guangxi) to Thailand, Indochina and peninsular Malaysia.
Locally common in its range.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies[1]:

Sumatran Babbler was formerly included in this species.
May form a superspecies with Temminck's Babbler.

Habitat

Evergreen forest. Sometimes also in mixed deciduous open or deep forest, secondary growth, bamboo thickets and undergrowth of secondary and logged forest. Up to 1550m, above 610m in Malaysia.

Behaviour

Usually seen in pairs, sometimes associated with other small babblers. Skulking, keeps close to the ground in dense undergrowth.

Diet

Feeds on insects.

Breeding

Breeding season from March to July, multi-brooded. The nest is a deep cup or dome or semi-dome made of dry bamboo, other leaves, fine grasses and thin rootlets. It's placed on the ground, sometimes also at the base of a sapling up to 1.5m (mostly not higher than 0.3m). Lays 3 - 4 eggs.
Resident species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. 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
  3. Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672

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