Sumatran Wren-Babbler - BirdForum Opus

Sumatran Wren-Babber
Photo by James Eaton
Gunung Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia

Rimator albostriatus

Disambiguation: The species Napothera rufipectus is sometimes also called Sumatran Babbler

Identification

11-13cm. A small, almost tailless streaky brown babbler:

Very long, slightly downcurving bill
Brown crown, nape and head side with tiny buff shaft streaks and narrow black scaling
Long brown dorsal feathering with long buff shaft streaks
Plain fluffy rump
Plain brown (chestnut in nominate, dark brown in other subspecies) upperwing and tail
Whitish throat and dark submoustachial streak and malar line (forming a double line)
Breast and belly brown with buff whitish shaft streaks

Sexes similar. Juveniles undescribed.

Highlands of western Sumatra
Rarely recorded in its range.

This is a monotypic species.
Has been considered conspecific with Long-billed Wren-Babbler and White-throated Wren-Babbler in the past.
Clements now places this species in the genus Napothera.

In Sumatra in lower montane oak-laurel forest at 1200 - 2850m.

Feeds on invertebrates.
Usually seen in pairs, skulking in undergrowth on or near the ground.
No information on breeding.
Resident species.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sumatran Wren-Babbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sumatran_Wren-Babbler

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