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Pellorneum rostratum

White-chested Babbler


Pellorneum rostratum

(Blyth, E, 1842)
Tordina Pechiblanca

Family: Pellorneidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Trichastoma rostratum, Tr[ichastoma] rostratum.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened


Description


The Malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum), previously named the white-chested babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family, Pellorneidae, that is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, the Riau Islands, the Lingga Islands and the island of Belitung. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Bornean swamp babbler (Pellorneum macropterum).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source: Wikipedia, article Pellorneum rostratum. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
4736623/10/2012IndonesiaEast KalimantanZona de Sangata, Parque Nacional KutaiCarmelo López Abad
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. White-chested Babbler (Pellorneum rostratum) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.