Species profile
Sooty-capped Babbler
Malacopteron affine
Quick answer
Breeding regions are OR. Breeding subregions are Malay Pen., Sumatra, Banyak (w of n Sumatra), Bangka (e of s Sumatra) and Borneo.
- Scientific name
- Malacopteron affine
- Family
- Pellorneidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Malacopteron
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Sooty-capped Babbler in your journal
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Related species in Pellorneidae
- Abbott's Babbler (Turdinus abbotti)
- Abbott's Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti)
- Ashy-headed Babbler (Malacocincla cinereiceps)
- Black-browed Babbler (Malacocincla perspicillata)
- Black-browed Babbler (Turdinus perspicillatus)
- Black-browed Fulvetta (Alcippe grotei)
- Black-crowned Fulvetta (Alcippe klossi)
- Black-throated Wren-Babbler (Napothera atrigularis)