Malacocincla perspicillata

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Pellorneidae
Genus: Malacocincla
Species: Malacocincla perspicillata
Name

Malacocincla perspicillata (Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonymy

Myiothera perspicillata (protonym)
Trichastoma perspicillata

References

Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus generum avium. Tome I. pp. [1–5], 1–543. Lugduni Batavorum (Leida). (E.J. Brill). p. 257 BHL Reference page.

Links

IUCN: Malacocincla perspicillata (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names
čeština: Timálie černobrvá
Cymraeg: Preblyn jyngl aelddu
Deutsch: Schwarzbrauen-Mausdrossling
English: Black-browed Babbler
suomi: Säderintatimali
français: Akalat à sourcils noirs
Bahasa Indonesia: Pelanduk kalimantan
Nederlands: Zwartbrauwmuistimalia
polski: Kusotymalek czarnobrewy
русский: Чернобровая мышиная тимелия
svenska: Glasögontimalia
українська: Тордина чорноброва
中文: 黑眉雅鶥

The black-browed babbler (Malacocincla perspicillata) is a songbird species in the family Pellorneidae. The species is endemic to Borneo.[2] Only a single specimen collected in the nineteenth century was known, until the species was rediscovered in Borneo in 2020.
Habitat

The natural habitat of M. perspicillata is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, at altitudes of 200–1,170 m (660–3,840 ft).[1]

Its rediscovery in 2020 confirmed that the bird is from southeast Borneo.[3]
Conservation status

The conservation status of M. perspicillata is insufficiently known. It was formerly classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN,[4] but due to the lack of information surrounding the species, its status was changed to Data Deficient in 2008.[5] The songbird is threatened by agriculture, logging allowed within protected areas, plantations for rubber and palm oil, and drought fires. Within the next few years, there is risk of near complete loss of dryland lowland forest in Kalimantan.
Rediscovery

In October 2020, M. perspicillata was rediscovered in South Kalimantan by two local men, Muhammad Suranto and Muhammad Rizky Fauzan, 170 years after the last confirmed sighting.[6]
The rediscovered bird next to a 5.000 rupiah note.

Interest in the rediscovery has drawn birdwatchers to the area and added to knowledge of the bird's behaviour, such as: "moving in and out of the limestone caves and crevices, clambering about in the rugged environment to hunt insects and other invertebrates", and its song: "a unique, loud and melodious vocalisation, often sounded in a duet."[7]
References

BirdLife International (2016). "Malacocincla perspicillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715827A94470581. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715827A94470581.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Phillipps, Quentin; Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
"Burung yang 'hilang' selama 172 tahun ditemukan warga di Kalimantan". BBC News Indonesia.
BLI (2006)
BLI (2008)
Akbar, P.G.; Nugroho, T.W.; Suranto, M.; Fauzan, M.R.; Ferdiansyah, D.; Trisiyanto, J.S.; Yong, D.L. (2021). "Missing for 170 years—the rediscovery of Black-browed Babbler Malacocincla perspicillata on Borneo" (PDF). BirdingASIA 34: 13–14. Oriental Bird Club. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

Greene, Graeme (2022). "Lost and found: twitchers delight at sweet song of the black-browed babbler". In print: The Guardian, 3 December 2022

Sources

BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes. Retrieved 23 May 2008
Collar, N.J.; Robson, C. (2007): Family Timaliidae (Babblers). In: del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, D.A. (eds.): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 12 (Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees): 70–291. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.