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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 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.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
No information about diet or breeding. Feeds probably on small invertebrates.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- 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
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
