Sooty-capped Babbler
The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the family Pellorneidae. It occurs in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, and Singapore. 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: M. a. affine (Blyth, 1842) – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Banyak Islands, Bangka Islands M. a. phoeniceum Deignan, 1950 – Borneo
Taman Negara National Park
Kampong Samas, Malaysia
150+ birds+17 mammals
Where ancient rainforest meets limestone peaks, one of Southeast Asia’s oldest protected wilderness preserves sprawls across 4,343 square kilometers of […]
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Miri, Malaysia
+137 birds+15 mammals
Rainforest cascades down sandstone ridges where crystal streams carve through ancient geology, creating a landscape of profound biological richness in […]
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Long Seridan, Malaysia
+128 birds+29 mammals
Where granite monoliths pierce the rainforest canopy of Sarawak, an ancient limestone karst landscape reveals one of Southeast Asia’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWay Kambas National Park
Lampung Timur, Indonesia
+148 birds+28 mammals
Swamps and dipterocarp forests interweave across Sumatra’s southeastern lowlands, creating a mosaic of habitats that few conservation areas in Southeast […]
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