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When to see the Malia
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Malia
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Malia
The malia is a medium-sized babbler-like passerine. It has an olive-green plumage, yellowish head and chest, and pinkish-brown bill. The young is duller than the adult. It is the only member of the genus Malia.
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Easily confused with
Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurusThe uniform brown upperparts with a broad, round-tipped and long graduated tail are distinctive features of this bird.
Marsh GrassbirdHelopsaltes pryeriThe marsh grassbird, also known as the Japanese swamp warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.
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