I am no longer envious of Davey as I finally in his league to shoot this elusive bird in Fraser hill. Like any other Wren Babbler, MWB are beautiful crooner and can duet for long period of time. In the months of March-June they tends to be most approachable and can be enticed to show itself but not entirely; as you can see in my pictures.
Why it is called marbled wren is because of the uniform white fringed black scaly feather on its entire chest and belly. It is even larger than its lowland cousin Large Wren Babbler (8 in/20cm) by a good cm. It has a longer tail I suppose. Come to think of them they do have some similarities........
The Marbled Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family. It is a resident of Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. In Peninsula it is more on hill forest upto an altitude of 1,000m or so.
Wow - you got it...and in sunlight too! Very well done!
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