Brown babbler with a pale belly and reddish eyes. Bicolored crown is rusty red towards the front and black towards the back. Unscaled rufous forecrown, faintly gray-streaked breast, and slightly larger size set it apart from Scaly-crowned Babbler. Moves through the middle level of forests, often as part of a mixed flock. Favors lowland habitat on Southeast Asian mainland and middle-elevation areas on Sumatra and Borneo. Song is a series of pretty, musical whistles: “weee hoo-wee-weeee weeee.”