Rufous-crowned Babbler
Malacopteron magnum Eyton, 1839
Pellorneidae — Ground Babblers
Rufous-crowned Babbler, Malacopteron magnum, is a bird of the Oriental Region, breeding in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It belongs to the family Pellorneidae and was described by Eyton in 1839. It is associated with subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The species occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand. Habitat loss threatens it.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pellorneidae — Ground Babblers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo
