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Negros Striped Babbler (Zosterornis nigrorum)

Negros Striped Babbler
Photo: Lu-ann Fuentes-Bajarias via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Negros Striped Babbler

The Negros striped babbler (Zosterornis nigrorum) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Negros Island in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forest in the range of 900–1,600 masl. It is threatened by habitat loss. This is a small bird found only in the motane forests on Negros. Light brown on its upperparts and has a clean underparts with fine black streaking. it has a white throat and a bold facial markings outlining its ear. Contrary to its name, this species is closer related to White-eyes than true babblers and are in the same family as them.

Source: Negros striped babbler on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 9 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-ND · 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Philippines in the xeno-canto catalogue.