Babblers (Timaliidae)
Short-tailed Babbler (Malacocincla malaccensis) - HBW 12, p. 199
French: Akalat à queue courte
German: Kurzschwanz-Maustimalie
Spanish: Tordina Colicorta
Taxonomy: B[rachypteryx]. malaccensis Hartlaub, 1844, Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia.
Has been placed in genus Trichastoma. Forms a superspecies with M. cinereiceps; may perhaps be conspecific, but song very different. Populations in parts of Borneo have been regarded as subspecifically distinct, but variation slight and probably clinal; proposed races sordida (NE Borneo) and saturata (Bangka, Belitung, and W Borneo) both considered synonymous with poliogenys. Proposed race feriata (from Mt Mulu, in NW Borneo), based on single specimen, has characters apparently exhibited by juveniles of this species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- malaccensis ( Hartlaub, 1844) - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and its islands, Anambas Is and N Natuna Is.
- poliogenys ( Strickland, 1849) - Bangka, Belitung and Borneo.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A bird foraging on the forest floor while calling unvoiced alert sounds. Locality Water Catchment Forest Reserve, Singapore (ssp malaccensis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2010 1 year ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A bird singing in a tree. Locality Mount Kerinci, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp malaccensis)
Mike Edgecombe 1 July 2007 3 years ago 10 sec 2.8
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Adult breeding
Locality Singapore
David Brassington 30 May 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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Alert calls of one bird. Locality Water Catchment Forest Reserve, Singapore
(ssp malaccensis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Water Catchment Forest Reserve, Singapore
(ssp malaccensis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Calls. Locality Dangku River, Dangku Wildlife Reserve, South Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 22 August 2003 3 years ago 4 -
Song. Locality Dangku River, Dangku Wildlife Reserve, South Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 22 August 2003 3 years ago 4 -
Song. Locality Dangku River, Dangku Wildlife Reserve, South Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 22 August 2003 3 years ago 4 -
Subsong. Locality Meranti River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 31 August 2003 3 years ago 0
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