This was a side show bird but nevertheless my lifer to while we waited for the star bird namely Bulwer's Pheasant.
A very plain/drab babbler in colors but the recognisable streaking grey head define this small babbler. It is a babbler of lowland and foothill forests. Can be difficult to see in the shadowy forest floor and dense undergrowth it often forages in; listen for its song, a repetitive series of descending notes: “wi’DEW, wi’DEW!” Calls include a nasal, rising trill. If seen, note the overall warm brown body, white throat, and dark crown. Face color varies, ranging from gray to cinnamon-brown.
Temminck's babbler (Pellorneum pyrrogenys) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in Borneo and Java. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. (Wiki)
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