Hall's Babbler

Hall's Babbler

RareGBIF 61.6·Dongniao Rarity Index9.60

Pomatostomus halli· 弯嘴鹛科· Passeriformes

英文名:Hall's Babbler(学名:Pomatostomus halli),是雀形目弯嘴鹛科的鸟类。23–25厘米。类似煤褐色的 白眉弯嘴鹛,但白色围兜更短;在胸中部被深色下体更突兀地截断。

Species Profile

IOC World Bird List

Hall's Babbler

Pomatostomus halli· Australasian Babblers

23-25 cm. Like a sooty brown White-browed Babbler with shorter white bib; cut off more abruptly on mid-breast by dark underparts.

Voice
squeaky chatterings; frequent liquid note; calls more like Grey-crowned than White-browed; lacks 'yahoo' of former and madder staccato outbursts of latter.
Habitat
tall mulga and other acacia scrubs; cypress pines; open eucalypt woodlands; spinifex associations.
Breeding
June-Oct.
Nest
smaller, neater than Grey-crowned.
Eggs
1-2; cream-brown, glossy, with black hairlike scribbles.
Range & Status
large range in w. Q-far w. NSW; n. to Winton-Boulia (Q); w. at least to McGregor and Grey Ras.; e. to c. Longreach-Idalia NP-Cunnamulla; s. to c. Barrier Ra.-Mootwingee-Brewarrina (NSW). Common in suitable habitat. Sedentary; locally nomadic.