Jewel-babblers and allies (Eupetidae)
Rail-babbler (Eupetes macrocerus) - HBW 12, p. 365
French: Eupète à longue queue
German: Rallenflöter
Spanish: Zordala Colilarga
Other common names: Malaysian Rail-babbler, Malay Scrub-robin
Taxonomy: Eupetes macrocerus Temminck, 1831, Padang, Sumatra.
Relationships have long been highly disputed; species has traditionally been placed in Timaliidae, often but not always near other members of present family; recent study based on DNA sequences supports close relationship with anomalous African genera Chaetops (rockjumpers) and Picathartes (picathartes). Nomenclature confused: original name unjustifiably emended to “macrocercus” by Lesson in and this version has been used extensively; Temminck himself emended the name to “macrourus” in 1835, and this name handwritten might have been misread and .. View all taxonomy...
Relationships have long been highly disputed; species has traditionally been placed in Timaliidae, often but not always near other members of present family; recent study based on DNA sequences supports close relationship with anomalous African genera Chaetops (rockjumpers) and Picathartes (picathartes). Nomenclature confused: original name unjustifiably emended to “macrocercus” by Lesson in and this version has been used extensively; Temminck himself emended the name to “macrourus” in 1835, and this name handwritten might have been misread and miscopied as “macrocerus” in original publication. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- macrocerus Temminck, 1831 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
- borneensis Robinson & Kloss, 1921 - N Borneo.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Calling from fallen tree, check out those lungs! Rail-babblers like to call from a fallen tree. Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp macrocerus)
Martin Kennewell 28 August 2011 39 weeks ago 1 min 26 sec 4.3 -
walking on forest floor Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp macrocerus)
Martin Kennewell 28 August 2011 39 weeks ago 31 sec 4 -
calling form ground, walks away on jumps on to fallen tree, starts calling........... Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp macrocerus)
Martin Kennewell 28 August 2011 39 weeks ago 37 sec 3.8 -
walking on forest floor, occasionally calling - check out that crown (on 6 seconds) Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp macrocerus)
Martin Kennewell 28 August 2011 39 weeks ago 31 sec 3.6 -
coming towards camera, feeding and calling as it does Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp macrocerus)
Martin Kennewell 28 August 2011 39 weeks ago 29 sec 3.3
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Another skuler and very hard to see bird of the tropical forest floor.
Locality Krung Ching Waterfall, Khao Luang (Krung Ching) National Park , Southern Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 7 May 2009 26 weeks ago 3.9 -
A real skulker of the tropical forest floor.
Locality Krung Ching Waterfall, Khao Luang (Krung Ching) National Park , Southern Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 7 May 2009 26 weeks ago 3.6
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Single bird singing from the forest floor, around 8am. Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp macrocerus)
Sam Woods 1 July 2007 2 years ago 3
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