Babblers (Timaliidae)
Sulawesi Babbler (Trichastoma celebense) - HBW 12, p. 203
French: Akalat des Célèbes
German: Weißkehl-Maustimalie
Spanish: Tordina de Célebes
Other common names: Celebes/Strickland’s Babbler
Taxonomy: Trichostoma [sic] celebense Strickland, 1849, Sulawesi.
Geographical variation partly clinal; proposed races connectens, from NC Sulawesi, and improbatum (of which sordidum is a synonym), from SE, considered to represent part of this cline, and therefore merged with rufofuscum. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- celebense Strickland, 1849 - N Sulawesi (incliding islands of Manterawu, Bangka and Lembeh).
- togianense (Voous, 1952) - Togian Is (N Sulawesi).
- rufofuscum (Stresemann, 1931) - C & SE Sulawesi, including Butung I.
- finschi Walden, 1876 - SW Sulawesi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing from dense vegetation Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp rufofuscum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2007 4 years ago 28 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched on a branch in the lower levels of the forest. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp celebensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 48 weeks ago 14 sec 3.5 -
A bird in bushes, moving and foraging Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp rufofuscum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A bird moving around low down near the base of a tree trunk. Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp celebense)
Keith Blomerley 13 August 2011 36 weeks ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A bird moving around in undergrowth Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp rufofuscum)
Keith Blomerley 25 August 2011 24 weeks ago 20 sec 3 -
A bird foraging in the undergrowth. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp celebense)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 48 weeks ago 16 sec 2.3
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A single bird foraging in forest understory.
Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp Trichastoma c. celebense)
David Beadle 10 October 2011 24 weeks ago 3.6
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Green IMP calling in background Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
(ssp celebense ) (Monotypic species)
dreyernp 14 July 2010 1 year ago 4 -
bird singing Locality Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Desmond Allen 30 August 1995 2 years ago 3.5
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