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Malayan black-capped babbler

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Malayan black-capped babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum
Species:
P. nigrocapitatum
Binomial name
Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
(Eyton, 1839)

The Malayan black-capped babbler (Pellorneum nigrocapitatum) 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 (P. capistratum) and the Bornean black-capped babbler (P. capistratoides) were formerly considered conspecific, but were split from it in 2021.[1] Together they were called the black-capped babbler. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References

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  1. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 28 May 2021.