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[[Image:Short-tailed_Scimitar_Babbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br>Boch Ma, [[Vietnam]], March 2007 ]]
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[[Image:NTL0043-s.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|nhattanla|nhattanla}}<br>Da Lat, [[Vietnam]], April 2018]]
'''Alternative names: Indochinese Wren Babbler; Danjou's Babbler; Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler (''naungmungensis'')'''
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'''Alternative names: Indochinese Wren Babbler; Danjou's Babbler'''
;[[:Category:Jabouilleia|Jabouilleia]] danjoui
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;[[:Category:Napothera|Napothera]] danjoui
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''Jabouilleia danjoui''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
With 18 - 19 cm a medium-sized babbler<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
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[[Image:Short-tailed_Scimitar_Babbler.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br>Boch Ma, [[Vietnam]], March 2007 ]]
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With 18 - 19 cm (7-7½ in); a medium-sized babbler<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
 
* Brown above, buff and white below
 
* Brown above, buff and white below
 
* Long, black, decurved bill
 
* Long, black, decurved bill
* Greyish-brown ear-coverts
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* Greyish-brown ear-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
* Brown to black moustachial and malar lines
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* Brown to black [[Topography#Heads|moustachial]] and [[Topography#Heads|malar]] lines
 
* White throat
 
* White throat
''Naungmungensis'' is much darker than ''parvirostris'' and nominate.
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====Similar species====
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[[Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler]] much darker  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Mainly in [[Vietnam]] and adjacent southern [[Laos]]. Subspecies ''naungmungensis'' is found in [[Myanmar]], in the Naung Mung area in Kachin State.<br />
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Mainly in [[Vietnam]] and adjacent southern [[Laos]]. <br />
Restricted range species, generally uncommon but common locally, eg [[Bach Ma National Park]] or [[Ho Ke Go Nature Reserve]].
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Restricted range species, generally uncommon but common locally, eg Bach Ma National Park or Ho Ke Go Nature Reserve.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Usually three subspecies are recognized:
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This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> consisting of 2 subspecies.<br />
* ''J. d. danjoui'' in S [[Vietnam]]
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Clements now places this species in the genus [[:Category:Napothera|Napothera]].
* ''J. d. parvirostris'' in Central [[Vietnam]] and adjacent S [[Laos]]
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====Subspecies====
* ''J. d. naungmungensis'' in N [[Myanmar]] (Kachin State)
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*''N. d. danjoui'':
The species is sometimes also placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Rimator|Rimator]]'' and named Indochinese Wren Babbler<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. Clements<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> leaves it in ''Jabouilleia'' but he accepts ''naungmungensis'' as full species, Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler ''Jabouilleia nangmungensis''.
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"*Central [[Vietnam]] (Langbian Plateau)
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*''N. d. parvirostris'':
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:*Central [[Vietnam]] (Col des Nuages
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Primary and secondary broadleaf evergreen forest. Also found in rocky areas, up to 2100m.
 
Primary and secondary broadleaf evergreen forest. Also found in rocky areas, up to 2100m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
Believed to feed on invertebrates, foraging on the ground or just above, in dense vegetation. Usually found single, in pairs or small family parties. <br/>
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====Diet====
Breeds from January to April in Vietnam, lays 2 eggs. No other data. <br/>
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Believed to feed on invertebrates, foraging on the ground or just above, in dense vegetation. Usually found single, in pairs or small family parties.  
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====Breeding====
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Breeds from January to April in Vietnam, lays 2 eggs. No other data.
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====Movements====
 
Resident.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup><br/>
 
Resident.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup><br/>
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Jabouilleia+danjoui}}
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{{GSearch|Napothera+danjoui}}
*[http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bird_ID=1525  View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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{{GS-checked}}
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Napothera]]
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Jabouilleia]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:25, 1 November 2022

Photo by nhattanla
Da Lat, Vietnam, April 2018

Alternative names: Indochinese Wren Babbler; Danjou's Babbler

Napothera danjoui

Jabouilleia danjoui

Identification

Photo by James Eaton
Boch Ma, Vietnam, March 2007

With 18 - 19 cm (7-7½ in); a medium-sized babbler1:

  • Brown above, buff and white below
  • Long, black, decurved bill
  • Greyish-brown ear-coverts
  • Brown to black moustachial and malar lines
  • White throat

Similar species

Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler much darker

Distribution

Mainly in Vietnam and adjacent southern Laos.
Restricted range species, generally uncommon but common locally, eg Bach Ma National Park or Ho Ke Go Nature Reserve.

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 2 subspecies.
Clements now places this species in the genus Napothera.

Subspecies

  • N. d. danjoui:

"*Central Vietnam (Langbian Plateau)

  • N. d. parvirostris:

Habitat

Primary and secondary broadleaf evergreen forest. Also found in rocky areas, up to 2100m.

Behaviour

Diet

Believed to feed on invertebrates, foraging on the ground or just above, in dense vegetation. Usually found single, in pairs or small family parties.

Breeding

Breeds from January to April in Vietnam, lays 2 eggs. No other data.

Movements

Resident.1

References

  1. 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/
  2. 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

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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