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There was some suggestion initially when I posted this Abbott’s Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti olivacea<\/em>) on another group that it might be a Horsfield’s Babbler (Malacocincla sepiaria<\/em>).<\/p>\n Although I did see the bird in primary forest at a stream, however calls supported Abbott\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n The main difference (besides the calls) between\u00a0Horsfield’s and Abbott’s Babbler are said to be:<\/p>\n Horsfield’s is darker above (on crown)<\/p>\n Horsfield’s has indistinct streaks on upper breast<\/p>\n Horsfield’s had darker feet<\/p>\n This bird looks like Abbott\u2019s to me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amar-Singh HSS (Dato’ Dr)<\/strong><\/p>\n Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Location: Papan Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia<\/p>\n Habitat: Primary forest at a stream<\/p>\n Date: 27th August 2020<\/p>\n Equipment: Equipment: Nikon D500 SLR with Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f\/5.6E PF ED VR, handheld with Rode VideoMic Pro Plus Shotgun Microphone<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was some suggestion initially when I posted this Abbott’s Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti olivacea) on another group that it might be a Horsfield’s Babbler (Malacocincla sepiaria). Although I did see the bird in primary forest at a stream, however calls supported Abbott\u2019s. The main difference (besides the calls) between\u00a0Horsfield’s and Abbott’s Babbler are said to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":62479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-Abbots-Babbler-4a-Kledang-Sayong-Forest-Reserve-Ipoh-Perak-Malaysia-27th-August-2020-590x485.jpeg\")
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