Mindanao pygmy babbler

Mindanao pygmy babbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Dasycrotapha
Species: D. plateni
Binomial name
Dasycrotapha plateni
(Blasius, 1890)
Synonyms

Stachyris plateni
Stachyris plateni plateni
Sterrhoptilus plateni

The Mindanao pygmy babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni) is a bird species endemic to the Philippines. It had been placed in the family Timaliidae, but it is a close relative of the white-eyes however, and many taxonomists now place it in the family Zosteropidae.

The Visayan pygmy babbler was formerly included here as a subspecies, but is usually recognized as a distinct species S. pygmaea today. Together, they were simply called "pygmy babbler".

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Carl Constantin Platen.

References

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