Babblers (Timaliidae)
Sooty-capped Babbler (Malacopteron affine) - HBW 12, p. 196
French: Akalat affin
German: Schwarzscheitel-Zweigtimalie
Spanish: Tordina Coronioscura
Other common names: Sooty-headed/Plain Babbler, Small Tree-babbler
Taxonomy: Tr[ichastoma]. affine Blyth, 1842, Singapore.
Has often been treated as monotypic, but race phoeniceum appears sufficiently distinctive to warrant recognition. Birds from Banyak Is (off W Sumatra) separated as race notatum on basis of size difference, but this was later shown to be non-existent. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- affine (Blyth, 1842) - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (including Banyak Is, off W coast).
- phoeniceum Deignan, 1950 - Borneo.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a handrail, eating an insect Locality Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp phoeniceum)
Keith Blomerley 27 September 2001 4 years ago 13 sec 3.5 -
A bird moving along a branch Locality Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp phoeniceum)
Keith Blomerley 27 September 2001 4 years ago 18 sec 3.5
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a family group came to bathe at the Rainfores Discovery Center
Locality Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
Peter Ericsson 22 July 2011 25 weeks ago 4 -
a family group came to bathe at the Rainforest Discovery Center
Locality Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
Peter Ericsson 22 July 2011 25 weeks ago 3.4
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Song. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 5 March 2003 3 years ago 0
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