Alternative names: Sorsogon Wren-Babbler; Grey-banded Babbler
- Robsonius sorsogonensis
Identification
20 - 22cm. A long-billed and long-legged Babbler:
- Greyish-olive crown with faint dark scales
- Upperparts olive, becoming uniform brown on lower back
- Bold white spots on wing
- White lores and narrow supercilium above eye, cheek and ear-coverts grey
- White submoustachial stripe, narrow blackish malar line
- White unspotted throat
- Middle to lower breast grey, belly white, vent dark brown
Sexes are similar.
Distribution
Endemic to Luzon and Catnaduanes, Philippines.
Uncommon in its range, but difficult to assess because of secretive habits.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Cordillera Ground Warbler and placed in Napothera.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and secondary growth. Up to 1000m.
Behaviour
Feeds on invertebrates.
Forages on the floor, walking slowly. Shy and secretive, difficult to see.
Breeding season February to August. The nest is a large ball with a front entrance, some 0.6m above the ground in rattan. Lays 2 eggs.
Resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- 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. (2024) Bicol Ground Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bicol_Ground_Warbler
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
