Bold-striped tit-babbler

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Bold-striped tit-babbler
Bold-striped Tit-babbler, Puncak Tengger Tahura Sultan Adam, South Kalimantan, Borneo 1.jpg
At South Kalimantan, Borneo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Mixornis
Species:
M. bornensis
Binomial name
Mixornis bornensis
Bonaparte, 1850

The bold-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis bornensis) is a species of Old World babbler [2] found in Southeast Asia.

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Description

The bold-striped tit-babbler has a distinctive yellowish supercilium and rufous crown. The throat is yellowish with brown streaks.

Call is a loud repeated chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk somewhat reminiscent of a common tailorbird.

Distribution

The bold-striped tit-babbler is found in Borneo and Java.

Behaviour

Bold-striped tit-babblers forage in small flocks and creep and clamber in low vegetation. They breed in the pre-monsoon season from February to July and build a loose ball-shaped nest made from grasses and leaves.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Mixornis bornensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22734568A132183229. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22734568A132183229.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 70 - 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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