WREN BABBLER 2/5 - Pygmy Wren Babbler

 Pygmy Wren Babbler

The smallest of the Wren Babbler at 8.5 cm in size made worse with no tail. A very rounded bird keeps to the mossy wet slope and ravine wall of trails and road of Awana, Frasers and Cameron birding grounds. Most of the time you hear it with 2 high low syllable call "wheeuit chuuuit" sulking in the undergrowth. Hops about in search of grubs rather than fly. I observed they do move about on a common trail...... so the idea is to wait patiently along any clear route. Best time is about 7-9 am.

There are two morphs the dark and the pale morph. The one pictured is the latter with the whitish scaly-liked chested whilst the dark morph have a more tanned scaly breast.