Flame-templed Babbler

When to see the Flame-templed Babbler

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

Where to see the Flame-templed Babbler

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

About the Flame-templed Babbler

The flame-templed babbler is a species of bird of the family Zosteropidae, in the genus Dasycrotapha. It is one of the most remarkable and distinctive birds with its complex head markings with orange crown tufts, black ears and yellow beak and face. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found on the islands of Panay and Negros. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. Along with the Negros striped babbler, it is one of the two babbler species extremely sought after by birdwatchers on Negros.

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Easily confused with

Visayan Pygmy BabblerDasycrotapha pygmaeaThe Visayan pygmy babbler is a bird species endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Leyte and Samar. Mindanao Pygmy BabblerDasycrotapha plateniThe Mindanao pygmy babbler is a bird species endemic to the Philippines.