How big is a Visayan Pygmy Babbler?

The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is a tiny sized bird weighing about 9 g.

Where can you see a Visayan Pygmy Babbler?

The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is endemic to the Philippines, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Visayan Pygmy Babbler?

The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is most easily confused with the Flame-templed Babbler and the Mindanao Pygmy Babbler.

Is the Visayan Pygmy Babbler endangered?

The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Visayan Pygmy Babbler

Dasycrotapha pygmaea

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Visayan Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha pygmaea) is a legendary white-eyes, yuhinas, and alli found only in the Philippines, weighing about 9 g. The Visayan pygmy babbler is a bird species endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Leyte and Samar.

Near ThreatenedLegendaryEndemicEats invertebratesforest9 g

Visayan Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha pygmaea), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, einige Rechte vorbehalten (CC BY), hochgeladen von Forest Botial-Jarvis · cc-by

About the Visayan Pygmy Babbler

The Visayan pygmy babbler is a bird species endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Leyte and Samar. It was conspecific with the Mindanao pygmy babbler under the common name of "pygmy babbler".Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and or tropical moist montane forests.

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Where it lives

Philippines

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, with peak activity in February. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Visayan Pygmy Babbler look like?: The Visayan pygmy babbler is a bird species endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Leyte and Samar.
How big is a Visayan Pygmy Babbler?: The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is a tiny sized bird weighing about 9 g.
Where can you see a Visayan Pygmy Babbler?: The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is endemic to the Philippines, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Visayan Pygmy Babbler?: The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is most easily confused with the Flame-templed Babbler and the Mindanao Pygmy Babbler.
Is the Visayan Pygmy Babbler endangered?: The Visayan Pygmy Babbler is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

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