Babblers (Timaliidae)
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum) - HBW 12, p. 197
French: Akalat à calotte maillée
German: Rotstirn-Zweigtimalie
Spanish: Tordina Coroniescamada
Other common names: Smaller/Lesser Red-headed Babbler/Tree-babbler
Taxonomy: Malacopteron cinereus [sic] Eyton, 1839, Peninsular Malaysia.
Proposed race bungurense (from N Natuna Is) merged with nominate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- indochinense (Robinson & Kloss, 1921) - E Thailand, Cambodia, C & S Laos and Vietnam (S from SE Tonkin).
- cinereum Eyton, 1839 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra (including islands off E coast), N Natuna Is and Borneo.
- niasense (Riley, 1937) - Nias I, off W Sumatra.
- rufifrons Cabanis, 1851 - coastal S Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual moving in vegetation while calling. Locality Okoki, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp indochinense)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 4 -
A bird calling near the forest floor, as are several more individuals in the vicinity. Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp cinereum)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 16 sec 4 -
A bird moving in dense vegetation Locality Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (ssp indochinense)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2008 3 years ago 40 sec 3.3 -
A bird moving in a small tree and flying away. Locality Bach Ma National Park, Annam, Vietnam (ssp indochinense)
Josep del Hoyo 23 April 2008 3 years ago 17 sec 2.5
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A bird perched in a branche.
Locality Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (ssp indochinense)
Fran Trabalon 18 November 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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An individual moving in vegetation while calling. Locality Okoki, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp indochinense)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Two note loud whistle Locality Preah Vihear Protected Forest, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp indochinense)
dreyernp 9 January 2010 2 years ago 3 -
Calls. Locality Masai Rusa River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 17 February 2003 3 years ago 3
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