Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Hoogerwerf, A. 1966. Some notes on the genus Trichastoma especially on the validity of T. sepiarium minus (= Malacocincla sepiaria minor) from east Java and about the status of T. vanderbilti and T. liberale from northern Sumatra. Miscellaneous Reports of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 4: 294-301.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
| Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
medium |
| Land-mass type |
|
Average mass |
26 g |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally fairly common to common although rare in Thailand (del Hoyo et al. 2007). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 16.3% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.
Trend justification: .
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/horsfields-babbler-malacocincla-sepiaria on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.
