04 May 2009

Abbott's Babbler

This bird can be easily located with it song, but extremely difficult to photography under that thick bush
Abbott's Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti)
Local name Rimba Riang

Abbott's Babbler song recorded by David Farrow XC19563 , from Xeno-Canto Asia

To hear the bird call, click the play button


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7 comments:

Lana Gramlich said...

Unfortunately the sound file wouldn't play for me. I'll Google it later, though. You've got me intrigued.

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Sorry Lana, I embed the wrong code.
Now corrected.

Anonymous said...

Very nice song. Soft and mellow. I like the photograph too. Nice shot.

gwen said...

Well done on getting a shot anyway then. :)

Thanks for adding the audio, always great to hear the bird too.

Bob Kaufman said...

Congratulations on getting a photo of this secretive bird. It has a lovely song.

MaineBirder said...

Well done on getting the shot of a hard to find bird!

Larry Jordan said...

Great capture Tabib! Love that whistling call too!