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| Falcated Ground-babbler (Ptilicichla falcata) |
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Discoverer: Sharpe, 1877 Category: ENDANGERED Status: ENDEMIC Habitat/Distribution: Lowland forest upto 800m in Palawan and Balabac Habitat / Behavior: L 7 1/2"; Secretive understorey bird where it walks and hops on or near the ground scrambling around dense forest thickets and fallen trees, up to at least 800 m. Responds aggressively to playback of it's call. Reported to breed in January.
Song is a loud, conspicuous, clear whistle consisting of 2-3 notes
puuuuu-it chee-aair or puuuu-it chee-aair puuuu-a, interspered
with a quite babbling notes and repeated almost continuously often for several
minutes (THF & RSK: N. Redman recording) Photograph Information: Courtesy of the Oxford University Press. Drawing done by Jan LaGory taken from "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines" by Dr. Robert Kennedy et al. |
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