Bornean Black-capped Babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Bornean Black-capped Babbler

Pellorneum capistratoides

婆罗洲黑冠幽鹛 (pó-luó-zhōu mǎ-lái hēi-guàn yōu-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Tanah Ubun Hitam Borneo
    Japanese : ズグロジチメドリ (zu-guro ji-chime-dori)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 頭黒地知目鳥

    Taxonomy update for 2023

Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum is split into Malayan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum nigrocapitatum), Bornean Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratoides), and Javan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratum).

Subtle plumage differences, vocal differences, and genetic differences break
along familiar lines of endemism here.

    -  Malayan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum nigrocapitatum)

       RANGE: Malay Peninsula and Sumatra

    -  Bornean Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratoides)

       RANGE: Borneo

    -  Javan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratum)

       RANGE: Java

    Size : 16-17 cm, 24-35 g

    

    Subspecies (2) and Distribution

• Pellorneum capistratoides capistratoides (Strickland, HE 1849)
  – W and s Borneo.
• Pellorneum capistratoides morrelli (Chasen, FN; Kloss, CB 1929)
  – N and e Borneo and Banggai Islands.

Pellorneum capistratoides ssp. morrelli

Date : 21 Septemmber 2022

Location : Trus Madi Forest Rerserve, Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah