Bold-striped tit-babbler | |
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at South Kalimantan, Borneo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.
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.
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.
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