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ForestDomed nestSmall · 21 g
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The scaly-breasted cupwing is a very small babbler with almost no tail, around 9 cm long and weighing between 19 and 23 g. The plumage is olive on the back and lightly scalloped on the chest.
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When to see the Scaly-breasted Cupwing
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scaly-breasted Cupwing
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Taiwan.
About the Scaly-breasted Cupwing
The scaly-breasted cupwing or scaly-breasted wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Pnoepyga wren-babblers family, Pnoepygidae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Indochina.
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Easily confused with
Taiwan CupwingPnoepyga formosanaThe bird is 8 to 9 cm long.
Nepal CupwingPnoepyga immaculataThe Nepal cupwing is small, measuring 8.5cm—10cm in length, and is brownish-olive in colouration.
Pygmy CupwingPnoepyga pusillaThe pygmy cupwing or pygmy wren-babbler, is a species of bird in the Pnoepyga wren-babblers family, Pnoepygidae.
Side by side: Scaly-breasted Cupwing vs Taiwan Cupwing
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