Prakruti Parichay
PellorneidaePellorneum

Brown-capped Babbler

Pellomeum fuscocapillus

16–16 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Sri Lanka. Has brown is h-black crown and nape with feint buff shaft streaking, dark olive - brown upperparts. and deep cinnamon sides of head and underparts. P. f. babaulti(dry zone lowlands) has paler cinnamon-buff sides of head and underparts and paler greyish-brown upperparts compared with subspecies in hills (nominate) and wet zone lowlands (P. tscortillumJ roated's. Forest undergrowth and thick scrub.

Colour

BrownBuff / TanBlackOlive
Average size
16 cm
Habitat
Forest undergrowth and thick scrub.
Behaviour
Resident., roated's.

About this bird

Resident. Sri Lanka. Has brown is h-black crown and nape with feint buff shaft streaking, dark olive - brown upperparts. and deep cinnamon sides of head and underparts. P. f. babaulti(dry zone lowlands) has paler cinnamon-buff sides of head and underparts and paler greyish-brown upperparts compared with subspecies in hills (nominate) and wet zone lowlands (P. tscortillumJ roated's. Forest undergrowth and thick scrub.

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Brown-capped Babbler is bigger than Dark-breasted Roseflnch but smaller than Alpine Accentor.

This bird

Brown-capped Babbler

Pellomeum fuscocapillus

16–16 cm