Family Ground Babblers (Pellorneidae)
Near Threatened
Melodious Babbler (Malacopteron palawanense)
Taxonomy
French: Akalat de Palawan German: Palawanzweigdrossling Spanish: Tordina de Palawan
Other common names:
Palawan Babbler
Taxonomy:
Malacopteron palawanense
Büttikofer
, 1895,Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
.Distribution:
Palawan and Balabac, in W Philippine Is.
Descriptive notes
17–18 cm; 28–37 g. Medium-sized olive-brown and buffy hook-billed babbler with dull rufescent forecrown, rump and tail. Forecrown is dull rufescent brown with... read more
Voice
Song a loud series of mournful clear whistles increasing in volume, with alternating high and low... read more
Habitat
Primary and old secondary lowland evergreen forest, bamboo, forest edge, usually in tangles and... read more
Food and feeding
No information on diet; presumably small invertebrates and some vegetable matter. Forages singly or in small groups, rather sluggishly, in... read more
Breeding
Birds in breeding condition in Feb–Mar and May. No other information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near-threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Palawan EBA. Formerly considered Endangered. Uncommon. Possibly an extreme... read more
Sometimes thought to be possibly conspecific with M. magnum. Monotypic.