Class Aves Family Timaliidae Scientific name Stachyridopsis rufifrons | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Stachyridopsis Rank Species | |
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Similar Black‑throated babbler, Cyanoderma, Scaly‑crowned babbler, Chestnut‑winged babbler, Grey‑throated babbler | ||
Rufous fronted babbler stachyris rufifrons
The rufous-fronted babbler (Stachyridopsis rufifrons) is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand in moist lowland forests, grass or bamboo up to 2,100 m altitude.
This 12 cm long babbler has a rufous crown, grey supercilium, brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. the juvenile has a paler crown and underparts.
The song is a piping tuh tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh, and the alarm call is a rolled wirrri.
An extirpated endemic Thailand form was formerly separated as Deignan's babbler Stachyris rodolphei (Deignan, 1939), but is now considered as conspecific with to rufous-fronted babbler.
References
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