Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebrates

ForestDomed nestSmall · 16 g

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 1 — Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · cc-by

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Jason Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Eric Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Jason Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Ganjar Cahyadi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Eric Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Octavianti Shanna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Crescent-chested Babbler

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Crescent-chested Babbler

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Indonesia

About the Crescent-chested Babbler

The crescent-chested babbler is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae and is native to the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, montane forest and shrubland. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-winged BabblerCyanoderma erythropterumThe chestnut-winged babbler is chestnut-brown with a greyish face and underparts, and is 12.5–13.5 cm (4.9–5.3 in) long.

Bicolored BabblerCyanoderma bicolorThe grey-hooded babbler is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae.

Rufous-fronted BabblerCyanoderma rufifronsIt is buff-brown with paler brown underparts and a dull rufous crown.

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