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Horsfield's babbler

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Horsfield's babbler
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M. sepiaria
Binomial name
Malacocincla sepiaria
(Horsfield, 1821)

The Horsfield's babbler (Malacocincla sepiaria) is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The common name commemorates the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield.[2]

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  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 170.
  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.