Babblers (Timaliidae)
Brown-capped Babbler (Pellorneum fuscocapillus) - HBW 12, p. 195
French: Akalat à calotte brune
German: Braunkappen-Erdtimalie
Spanish: Tordina Coroniparda
Other common names: Sri Lanka Babbler
Taxonomy: Dr[ymocataphus]. fuscocapillus Blyth, 1849, SW Sri Lanka.
Proposed race scortillum (SW wet-zone lowlands) falls within range of variation of nominate, and is therefore synonymized with it. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- babaulti ( T. Wells, 1919) - dry zone of N & E Sri Lanka.
- fuscocapillus ( Blyth, 1849) - wet zone of SW & C Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging at the edge of the undergrowth. Locality Kithulgala Forest Reserve, Kithulgala, Central Province, Sri Lanka (ssp scortillum)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 3 years ago 17 sec 2.6
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Foraging.
Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (ssp fuscocapillus)
Fran Trabalon 4 January 2012 18 weeks ago 4 -
2 birds fighting
Locality Sigiriya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 31 December 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
On a branch
Locality Sigiriya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 31 December 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
Documenting a hunt of a vertebrate (small frog).
Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (ssp fuscocapillus)
Fran Trabalon 4 January 2012 18 weeks ago 3.3 -
An adult bird drinking at a small pool.
Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (ssp babaulti )
Steve Garvie 30 July 2009 2 years ago 3 -
An adult coming down to drink.
Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (ssp babaulti )
Steve Garvie 30 July 2009 2 years ago 3
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