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[[Image:Streaked_Wren_Babbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|pohsp|Laurence Poh}} <br />Shot in the Cameron Highlands, Pahang, [[Malaysia]]<br /> middle to middle-high elevations jungle forests skulking near rock outcrops and hiding in gullies.  very difficult to see bird as are it's congeners. <br />Bird shown is of subspecies ''leucosticta'']]
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[[Image:Streaked Wren-babbler 1 of 1 .jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''leucosticta''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Mzungu|Ken Doy}}<br>Fraser's Hill, [[Malaysia]], March 2019]]
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;[[:Category:Napothera|Napothera]] brevicaudata
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'''Alternative names: Short-tailed Wren-Babbler; Streak-throated Wren-Babbler'''
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;[[:Category:Turdinus|Turdinus]] brevicaudatus
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''Napothera brevicaudata''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:Streaked_Wren_Babbler.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo &copy; by the late  '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/951/cat/500 Laurence Poh]''' <br />Cameron Highlands, Pahang, [[Malaysia]]]]
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12 - 17cm (4¾-6¾ in). A smallish, short-tailed babbler:
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* Grey-brown above with coarse blackish scales
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* Whitish shaft-streaks on crown
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* Pale grey face (no [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]])
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* Broad grey-brown streaks on white throat and upper breast
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* Unmarked rusty-tinged lower underparts
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Females are more rufous, juveniles are uniform dark brown
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====Variations====
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The different subspecies differ in colour tones, the nominate having rufous underparts, others like ''stevensi'' or ''leucosticta'' more greyish-brown (see taxonomy).
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].
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Found from northeast [[India]] to [[Burma]], south [[China]] (Yunnan to Guangxi), [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]] and peninsular [[Malaysia]].<br />
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Locally fairly common.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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Seven subspecies which fall into two groups:
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* With dull rufous underparts:
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** ''T. b. striatus'' in northeast [[India]] and northwest [[Burma]]
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**''T. b. venningi'' in South [[China]] (western Yunnan) to north-eastern [[Myanmar]]
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** ''T. b. brevicaudatus'' in south [[China]] (Yunnan), parts of [[Burma]], [[Thailand]] and northwest [[Laos]]
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** ''T. b. rufivventer'' in southern Annam (northern [[Vietnam]])
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* With browner underparts and less contrasting streaks:
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** ''T. b. proximus'' in south [[Laos]] and central [[Vietnam]]
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** ''T. b. stevensi'' in south [[China]] (Yunnan to Guangxi), parts of [[Laos]] and north [[Vietnam]]
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** ''T. b. griseigularis'' in southeast [[Thailand]] and southwest [[Cambodia]]
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** ''T. b. leucostictus'' in south [[Thailand]] and peninsular [[Malaysia]]
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Subspecies ''venningi'' is not recognised by all authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
  
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Has been thought to be [[Dictionary_A-C#C|conspecific]] with [[Mountain Wren-Babbler]] or to form a [[Dictionary_P-S#S|superspecies]] with it.<br />
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Sometimes placed in genus ''[[Napothera]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Moist lowland forests and montanes.
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Broadleaf evergreen forest. Often seen near rocky outcrops. Found at 300 - 2100m in [[India]], above 610m in [[Malaysia]] and up to 1830m in rest of range.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Feeds on insects, grubs and small molluscs.<br />
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Usually seen in pairs or small groups. Difficult to see as it forages near the ground in dense vegetation or around rocks and boulders.
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====Breeding====
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Breeding season from January to July. The nest may be a cup (see picture), a semi-dome or a dome made of dead leaves, dead brackesn, grasses, rootlets and other material. It's placed on the ground, between boulders or in a hollow pile of boulders or in a mossy bank. Lays 2 - 4 eggs.
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====Movements====
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Resident species.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}#{{Ref-RasmussenAnderton05}}
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Napothera+brevicaudata}}
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{{GSearch|Wren_Babbler+brevicaudat}}
  
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[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Napothera]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Turdinus]]

Revision as of 23:50, 12 June 2019

Subspecies leucosticta
Photo © by Ken Doy
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, March 2019

Alternative names: Short-tailed Wren-Babbler; Streak-throated Wren-Babbler

Turdinus brevicaudatus

Napothera brevicaudata

Identification

Photo © by the late Laurence Poh
Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia

12 - 17cm (4¾-6¾ in). A smallish, short-tailed babbler:

  • Grey-brown above with coarse blackish scales
  • Whitish shaft-streaks on crown
  • Pale grey face (no supercilium)
  • Broad grey-brown streaks on white throat and upper breast
  • Unmarked rusty-tinged lower underparts

Females are more rufous, juveniles are uniform dark brown

Variations

The different subspecies differ in colour tones, the nominate having rufous underparts, others like stevensi or leucosticta more greyish-brown (see taxonomy).

Distribution

Found from northeast India to Burma, south China (Yunnan to Guangxi), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and peninsular Malaysia.
Locally fairly common.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Seven subspecies which fall into two groups:

  • With dull rufous underparts:
    • T. b. striatus in northeast India and northwest Burma
    • T. b. venningi in South China (western Yunnan) to north-eastern Myanmar
    • T. b. brevicaudatus in south China (Yunnan), parts of Burma, Thailand and northwest Laos
    • T. b. rufivventer in southern Annam (northern Vietnam)
  • With browner underparts and less contrasting streaks:

Subspecies venningi is not recognised by all authorities[2]

Has been thought to be conspecific with Mountain Wren-Babbler or to form a superspecies with it.
Sometimes placed in genus Napothera.

Habitat

Broadleaf evergreen forest. Often seen near rocky outcrops. Found at 300 - 2100m in India, above 610m in Malaysia and up to 1830m in rest of range.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on insects, grubs and small molluscs.
Usually seen in pairs or small groups. Difficult to see as it forages near the ground in dense vegetation or around rocks and boulders.

Breeding

Breeding season from January to July. The nest may be a cup (see picture), a semi-dome or a dome made of dead leaves, dead brackesn, grasses, rootlets and other material. It's placed on the ground, between boulders or in a hollow pile of boulders or in a mossy bank. Lays 2 - 4 eggs.

Movements

Resident species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. 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
  4. Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672

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