Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler
Stachyris roberti
A gregarious babbler with a dark back and underparts spangled with scaly silver markings. At first glance, may resemble a cupwing, but this babbler is much larger and longer-tailed, and does not stick as closely to the ground as cupwings do. Often moves deep in dense shrubbery, but will occasionally forage in the middle layers of the forest as well, scaling trees and creeping along branches.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Stachyris roberti
- Authority
- (Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pellorneidae
- Genus
- Stachyris
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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