Wednesday, 20 March 2019

Wren Babbler 6/7 - Striped Wren Babbler (lifer 522)


The Striped Wren-Babbler can be seen in lowland dense forest in Johore side namely Panti, EndauRompin Pahang side to name a few. Sighting is also recorded in Taman Negara as well in Danum Sabah. Like all other Wren Babbler, it is a crooner and can response and duet with your callback for minutes at time. Its call is a melodious long "chuii" mono call. Video to be provided later.

They have a large radius feeding area and they drop by only once at a locale if you are near its feeding route.  If bird luck is not with you then  it not your time to see this bird.

The SWB is a medium size Wren Babbler coming in at 15cm compared to Eyebrowed or Pygmy below 10cm of the hill-lands. The adult showed here have a black mantle crown-nape with white specks buff lore. Its brown wings and breast side also got white streaks.


The last Wren Babbler that I need to look out for is the Eye-browed Wren Babbler  which we have record sighting in the hills of Negeri Sembilan and Bukit Frasers.














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