Malacocincla Blyth 1845

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Birds /.London :Taylor & Francis,1924-28..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14044346

About 6 feet up in small tree above a chestnut-winged babbler - they are politely calling in tandem bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

about 5 feet up, deep in secondary growth by road bird-seen:no playback-used:no

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Encounter song from 2 mating pairs, this species usually sing this type of song when two mating pair meet each other at their territory edge. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes

Ssp inferred from location ... Bird nearby, just 4m away from trail, motionless except for throat movement for better part of 10min. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

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Ssp inferred from location ... Bird nearby, just 4m away from trail, motionless except for throat movement for better part of 10min. Same individual as just uploaded recording. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

A rather melancholy bird on a rather grey melancholy morning... bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes

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I had an opportunity to have an extended observation of a presumed family unit of 4 Abbott's Babblers. I suggest family unit as it is generally described in literature as solitary or in pairs; I have usually seen it in pairs. The presumed adult male parent was calling out intermittently for the entire period I could observe them (~ 40 minutes). What was interesting was there was often a response call which I presume was made by the female as a contact call, but could have been by other members of the family. Unfortunately I was not able to image all the birds and look for juvenile features. I think in the lighting we see these birds I would be hard out to differentiate adults from juveniles. By behaviour one bird led the group and another gave responsive calls suggesting these were parents and the two accompanying birds the brood. No feeding of any birds was seen but easily missed in this thick undergrowth. The responses are often two notes but occasionally single. They are often made at the tail end as the lead bird is calling but can be before or during the calls. An edited recording of some calls is available here. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

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Several birds in dense roadside scrub by good forest, only seen briefly but very close. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes

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Foraging bird. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no ID under discussion. See the forum.

Ref.: Borneo1: 1:05:00-1:05:29. Short-tailed Babbler also present