Species of Thailand
Sooty-capped babbler
Malacopteron affine
Edward Blyth, 1842
In Thai: นกกินแมลงหัวสีคล้ำ
The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the family Pellorneidae.
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.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Rare
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pellorneidae
- Genus
- Malacopteron
- Species
- Malacopteron affine
Common names
- Thai: นกกินแมลงหัวสีคล้ำ
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (BirdLife)
Critically Endangered (ONEP)
Critically Endangered (BCST)
Photos
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Range Map
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Sok National Park
- Thale Ban National Park