Short-tailed Babbler

What the Short-tailed Babbler sounds like

Recorded by Gordon Lowy · Song · Lower Pierce Reservoir, Singapore · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by chito · Call · Kahayan Tengah, Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia · CC0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Short-tailed Babbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Short-tailed Babbler

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Short-tailed Babbler

The mourning babbler, previously the short-tailed babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula, Anambas Islands, Sumatra, Banyak Islands, Batu Islands, Riau Islands, Lingga Islands and the Natuna Islands. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the glissando babbler and the leaflitter babbler.

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Easily confused with

White-chested BabblerPellorneum rostratumThe Malayan swamp babbler, previously named the white-chested babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family, Pellorneidae, that is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, the Riau Islands, the Lingga Islands and the island of Belitung. Brown-capped BabblerPellorneum fuscocapillusThe brown-capped babbler is a smallish to medium-sized babbler, at 16 cm (6.3 in) including its long tail. Ferruginous BabblerPellorneum bicolorThe ferruginous babbler is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.