Deep Forest Canopy
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Ground Babblers and Allies

White-chested Babbler

Pellorneum rostratum

The Malayan swamp babbler, previously named the white-chested babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family, Pellorneidae, that is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, the Riau Islands, the Lingga Islands and the island of Belitung. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Bornean swamp babbler.

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