Family Grasshopper-warblers and Grassbirds (Locustellidae)
Least Concern
Malia (Malia grata)
Taxonomy
French: Malia des Célèbes German: Mooswaldsänger Spanish: Timalí malia
Taxonomy:
Malia grata
Schlegel
, 1880,Makassar district, Sulawesi
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Subspecies and Distribution
M. g. recondita#R
A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894 – N Sulawesi.
M. g. stresemanni
Meise, 1931 – C & SE Sulawesi.
M. g. grata
Schlegel, 1880 – SW Sulawesi.
Descriptive notes
28 cm. Large babbler not unlike a Turdus thrush, dull olive-green above and bright greenish-yellow below. Nominate race has crown and upperparts dull yellowish olive... read more
Voice
Song by group a loud mid-pitched cacophony of guttural warbling and rapid harsh chattering or... read more
Habitat
Primary montane forest, mossy ridgetop forest, and occasionally disturbed forest, at 900–2400... read more
Food and feeding
Invertebrates, including beetles (Coleoptera) and grasshoppers (Orthoptera). Uses bill to dig in rotten wood, dislodge moss and loose bark... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Sulawesi EBA. Widespread and locally moderately common. Fairly common (race recondita) in Gunung Ambang... read more
Has been treated as an aberrant bulbul (Pycnonotidae) or babbler (Timaliidae sensu lato), but initial molecular analysis places it within Locustellidae#R. Three subspecies recognized.