Javan black-capped babbler

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Javan black-capped babbler
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum
Species:
P. capistratum
Binomial name
Pellorneum capistratum
(Temminck, 1823)

The Javan black-capped babbler (Pellorneum capistratum) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is endemic to the island of Java in Indonesia. The Malayan black-capped babbler (P. nigrocapitatum) and the Bornean black-capped babbler (P. capistratoides) were both formerly considered conspecific, but were split from it in 2021. [2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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Diet

It forages in the understory of forests. [3]

Behavior

It is sedentary. [3]

P. capistratum specimen, Collection Naturalis Biodiversity Center Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.62898 2 - Pellorneum capistratum capistratum (Temminck, 1823) - Timaliidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
P. capistratum specimen, Collection Naturalis Biodiversity Center

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Pellorneum capistratum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T103869220A113205820. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103869220A113205820.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 Garg, Kritika M; Chattopadhyay, Balaji; Cros, Emilie; Tomassi, Suzanne; Benedick, Suzan; Edwards, David P; Rheindt, Frank E (6 December 2021). "Island Biogeography Revisited: Museomics Reveals Affinities of Shelf Island Birds Determined by Bathymetry and Paleo-Rivers, Not by Distance to Mainland". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39 (1) msab340. doi:10.1093/molbev/msab340. ISSN   0737-4038. PMC   8789277 . PMID   34893875.