Javan black-capped babbler

Javan black-capped babbler
Scientific classification
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.^[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

P. capistratum specimen, Collection Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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References[]

• 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.