Scaly-crowned Babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Scaly-crowned Babbler

Malacopteron cinereum

小红头树鹛 (xiǎo hóng-tóu shù-méi) / 灰头雅鹛 (huī-tóu yǎ-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Cangkuk Berapi Kecil

    Japanese : コズアカチャイロチメドリ (ko zu-aka cha-iro chime-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 小頭赤茶色知目鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 4,910,000km²

    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 14–16 cm; 14–21 g

    

    Subspecies (5) and Distribution

• Malacopteron cinereum indochinense (Robinson & Kloss, 1921)
  – E Thailand, Cambodia, C and S Laos and Vietnam (S from SE Tonkin).
• Malacopteron cinereum cinereum (Eyton, 1839)
  – Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo and adjacent islands.
• Malacopteron cinereum niasense (Riley, 1937)
  – Nias I, off W Sumatra.
• Malacopteron cinereum rufifrons (Cabanis, 1851)
  – W & C Java.
• Malacopteron cinereum bungurense (Hartert, 1894)
  – North Natuna Islands (off n Borneo).

Distribution Map

Malacopteron cinereum ssp. cinereum
Date : 11 June 2022

Location : Hutan Simpan Kekal Lenggor, Daerah Mersing, Johor

Malacopteron cinereum ssp. cinereum
Date : 15 September 2019

Location : Taman Negara Pahang (Sungai Relau), Merapoh, Daerah Lipis, Pahang