Visayan Pygmy Babbler (Dasycrotapha pygmaea)
About the Visayan Pygmy Babbler
The Visayan pygmy babbler (Dasycrotapha pygmaea) is a bird species endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Leyte and Samar. It was conspecific with the Mindanao pygmy babbler under the common name of "pygmy babbler". Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and or tropical moist montane forests. It belongs to the genus Dasycrotapha. It was placed in the family Timaliidae, but recently found to be better placed in the family Zosteropidae. Apart from its range, It is differentiated by a darker smoky plumage compared to the reddish-brown Mindanao pygmy babbler. They have been observed to join mixed species flocks foraging through the middle-storey and lower cannopy. Its diet is presumed to be small insects and possibly small fruits.
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Listed as recorded in Philippines in the xeno-canto catalogue.