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Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
Macronus ptilosus Jardine & Selby, 1835
Timaliidae — Babblers, Scimitar Babblers
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler, Macronus ptilosus, is a bird of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and some satellites, and Borneo, in the Oriental Region. It belongs to the Timaliidae family and was described by Jardine & Selby in 1835. Two subspecies are recognised: M. p. ptilosus from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and the Batu Islands, and M. p. trichorrhos from the Bangka Belitung Islands and Borneo. It occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Its natural homes are moist lowland forest and swampland in tropical and subtropical areas.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Timaliidae — Babblers, Scimitar Babblers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra and some satellites, and Borneo
