Moustached Babbler

Malacopteron magnirostre

Family: Ground Babblers and Allies · Status: Former resident · Size: 16.5–18 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Occurs across the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

Identification

Adult has rather uniform olive-brown crown and mantle, greyish head-sides, distinctive dark moustachial stripe, whitish underparts with vague streaking across breast, and strongly rufescent tail. Juvenile has indistinct moustachial and pinkish lower mandible.

Habitat

Forest.

Behaviour

Forages at the lower mid-stratum and understorey of forests.