Malacopteron affine

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea
Familia: Timaliidae
Genus: Malacopteron
Species: Malacopteron affine
Subspecies: M. a. affine - M. a. notatum - M. a. phoeniceum

Name

Malacopteron affine (Blyth, 1842)

Reference

The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11 p.795

Vernacular names
English: Sooty-capped Babbler

The Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia.

The Sooty-capped Babbler is also known in Malay as Rimba Tinjau Belukar. Its main diet is small insects.