Mindanao Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni) | Photos, Calls and ID

Near ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestTiny · 9 g

Mindanao Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mindanao Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mindanao Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mindanao Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Vreni Gem O. Caasi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mindanao Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Mindanao Pygmy Babbler

The Mindanao pygmy babbler is a bird species endemic to the Philippines. It had been placed in the family Timaliidae, but it is a close relative of the white-eyes, however, and many taxonomists now place it in the family Zosteropidae.

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Where the Mindanao Pygmy Babbler lives

Regular range

Philippines

When to see the Mindanao Pygmy Babbler

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Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Flame-templed BabblerDasycrotapha speciosaThe flame-templed babbler is a species of bird of the family Zosteropidae, in the genus Dasycrotapha.

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

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