Sooty-capped babbler

Sooty-capped babbler
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pellorneidae
Genus:	Malacopteron
Species:	M. affine
Binomial name
Malacopteron affine (Blyth, 1842)

The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the family Pellorneidae. It occurs in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, and Singapore.[2]

The sooty-capped babbler is also known in Malay as rimba tinjau belukar. Its main diet is small insects.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

There are two subspecies:[2]

• M. a. affine (Blyth, 1842) – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Banyak Islands, Bangka Islands
• M. a. phoeniceum Deignan, 1950 – Borneo

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Malacopteron affine". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715876A94472803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715876A94472803.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Babblers, scimitar babblers, ground babblers, Alcippe fulvettas – IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2023-01-27.