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Panay Striped-Babbler Zosterornis latistriatus Scientific name definitions

Nigel Collar and Craig Robson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2007

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Field Identification

15 cm; 24–32 g. Olive-green babbler with extensively dark-streaked creamy-yellow underside and creamy-white face. Blackish forecrown shades to blackish-scaled dull olive-green on crown and neck side, upperparts dull olive-green; upperwing and tail greyish olive-brown, primaries with dull olive-yellow fringes, tail with vague rusty tinge; lores, supercilium, cheek, ear-coverts and submoustachial area creamy white, narrow dark eyestripe, moustachial line and malar line, last two meeting and curving up to form dark edge to rear ear-coverts; chin and upper throat cream-white, lower throat pale sulphur-yellow, becoming buff-yellow on breast and belly, flanks greenish-olive, broad black streaks (varying in intensity) beginning on throat, most prominent on breast, fading to dark olive-green on belly and undertail-coverts; iris bright rusty, outer edge paler, creamy eyering; upper mandible dark horn, lower mandible dark horn at tip and paler towards cutting edge; legs bluish-olive. Sexes similar. Juvenile is less boldly streaked than adult.

Systematics History

Arguably conspecific with Z. nigrorum, but vocally distinct; has also been considered possibly conspecific with Z. striatus. Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Distribution

W Panay (Mt Baloy and adjacent peaks), in WC Philippine Is.

Habitat

Mainly middle and upper storeys of montane evergreen forest, mossy forest, but all strata used; 1000–1900 m, mostly above 1400 m.

Movement

Resident.

Diet and Foraging

Insects, including beetles (Coleoptera) and cicadas (Cicadidae); also seeds. Found singly or in pairs, sometimes in small groups of three or more (breeding season). Forages mainly 3–12 m above ground, occasionally lower.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Song/call a series of 11–17 slightly ascending staccato trills, “chi chi-chi-chi-chi-chi”, each 1–2 seconds long, repeated about ten times a minute for up to 2·5 minutes, with some sharp “tsik” notes and occasional chatter interspersed. Similar to that of Z. striatus.

Breeding

Nest found in Oct and birds in breeding condition in Apr. One nest a cup made of live and dead mosses loosely woven together, lined with black hair-like roots of epiphytic ferns and larger stems from orchids, suspended c. 5 m above ground among small branches in centre of crown of small tree. Clutch 2 eggs. No other information.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife LC Least Concern
Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near-threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Negros and Panay EBA. Common, and on Mt Baloy the most abundant bird species. Much suitable habitat remains on slopes steeper than 45 degrees, and this species is therefore likely to be relatively secure, but it has a tiny global range. Formerly considered Vulnerable.
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Distribution of the Panay Striped-Babbler

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Recommended Citation

Collar, N. and C. Robson (2020). Panay Striped-Babbler (Zosterornis latistriatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pasbab2.01
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