Visayan pygmy babbler

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Visayan pygmy babbler
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Dasycrotapha
Species:
D. pygmaea
Binomial name
Dasycrotapha pygmaea
Synonyms

Stachyris plateni pygmaea
Stachyris pygmaea
Sterrhoptilus pygmaeus

The Visayan pygmy babbler (Dasycrotapha pygmaea) is a bird species endemic to the Philippines (Leyte and Samar). It belongs to the genus Dasycrotapha . It was placed in the family Timaliidae, but recently found to be better placed in the family Zosteropidae.

It was formerly included with the Mindanao pygmy babbler (D. plateni) under the common name of "pygmy babbler".

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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