Malayan Black-capped Babbler
Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
The Malayan black-capped babbler is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka Island, Belitung and North Natuna. This species, the Javan black-capped babbler and the Bornean black-capped babbler were formerly considered conspecific, but were split from it in 2021. Together they were called the black-capped babbler. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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