Sooty-capped Babbler
Malacopteron affine(Blyth, E, 1842)
English (US) Sooty-capped Babbler
The Sooty-capped Babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Malacopteron affine
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Sooty-capped Babbler
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1842)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Malacopteron affine affine
- Malacopteron affine phoeniceum
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tr[ichastoma] affine
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1842)
- Type locality
- Singapore.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, pt.2, no.128 p.795
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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