BABBLER 3/23 - White-hooded Babbler (aka Collared Babbler)

White-hooded Babbler

Blur photos due to wrong setting but a lifer nevertheless.

An uncommon resident of sub montane forest like in Awana. It appears to like Bamboo areas. It is a very large babbler of 8-9 inches or 22cm with a long tail. Only babbler that go for seeds of Bamboo like the Pin-tailed No lah they hunt for grubs and anting.

They are gregarious and feed together in a group of upto a dozen.