Chestnut-winged Babbler

Cyanoderma erythropterum

Family: Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies · Status: Rare resident · Size: 12.5–13.5 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Resident across the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Identification

Adult has chestnut brown crown, mantle, wings and tail, greyish head-sides and breast, and blue orbital skin. Juvenile resembles adult but has paler plumage and duller orbital skin. See Pin-striped Tit-Babbler.

Habitat

Forest.

Behaviour

Forages in small groups, methodically foliage-gleaning in the middle and lower storey.