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;[[:Category:Malacocincla|Malacocincla]] perspicillata | ;[[:Category:Malacocincla|Malacocincla]] perspicillata | ||
==Identification== | ==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== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Southern Borneo, [[Indonesia]]. Known from a single 19th-century specimen. | + | Southern [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]]. Known from a single 19th-century specimen. The specimen was most likely collected arond Martapura between 1843 and 1848. All lowland forest around Martapura has now disappeared . |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Monotypic. | + | Monotypic.<br /> |
| + | Sometimes thought to be a local subspecies of [[Horsfield's Babbler]] but now widely accepted as full species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Moist lowland forests. | Moist lowland forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | No information about diet or breeding. Feeds probably on small invertebrates. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Malacocincla+perspicillata}} | {{GSearch|Malacocincla+perspicillata}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Malacocincla]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Malacocincla]] | ||
Revision as of 16:48, 17 September 2009
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The species Black-browed Babbler is possibly extinct. |
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- 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 arond Martapura between 1843 and 1848. All lowland forest around Martapura has now disappeared .
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Sometimes thought to be a local subspecies of Horsfield's Babbler but now widely accepted as full species.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
No information about diet or breeding. Feeds probably on small invertebrates.
