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Scaly-crowned Babbler

Malacopteron cinereum

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 18 g
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 1
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 2
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 3
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 4
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 5
Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 6
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 7
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 8
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 9
Photo: (c) Rongrong Angkaew, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Scaly-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron cinereum), photo 10
Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Scaly-crowned Babbler

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

Where to see the Scaly-crowned Babbler

Regular range

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Malaysia Vietnam Thailand Cambodia Indonesia Brunei Laos

About the Scaly-crowned Babbler

The scaly-crowned babbler is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) Moustached BabblerMalacopteron magnirostreThe moustached babbler is 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs between 16–25 g (0.56–0.88 oz). Sooty-capped Babbler (Malacopteron affine) Sooty-capped BabblerMalacopteron affineThe sooty-capped babbler is a member of the family Pellorneidae. Rufous-crowned Babbler (Malacopteron magnum) Rufous-crowned BabblerMalacopteron magnumThe rufous-crowned babbler is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

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