Sooty-capped babbler
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Malacopteron |
| Species: | M. affine
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| Binomial name | |
| Malacopteron affine (Blyth, 1842)
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The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the family Pellorneidae.
The sooty-capped babbler is also known in Malay as rimba tinjau belukar. Its main diet is small insects.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Malacopteron affine". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715876A94472803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715876A94472803.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Malacopteron
- Birds of Malesia
- Birds described in 1842
- Taxa named by Edward Blyth