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Malayan swamp babbler

Pellorneum rostratum (Blyth, 1842)

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum) is a species in the family Pellorneidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 21 g to 22 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the malayan swamp babbler

Weight
21 g – 22 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the malayan swamp babbler live?

Not recorded

What is the malayan swamp babbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum), previously named the white-chested babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family, Pellorneidae, that is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, the Riau Islands, the Lingga Islands and the island of Belitung. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Bornean swamp babbler (Pellorneum macropterum).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Malayan swamp babbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malayan_swamp_babbler&oldid=1345786359), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the malayan swamp babbler endangered?

The malayan swamp babbler is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the malayan swamp babbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPellorneidae
  6. genusPellorneum
  7. SpeciesPellorneum rostratum (Blyth, 1842)

Synonyms Aethostoma rostrata aethalea, Aethostoma rostrata paganica, Brachypteryx buxtoni, Ptilocichla leucogastra, Trichastoma rostratum, Trichastoma rostratum rostratum

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • White-chested babblerEnglish
  • matinera pitblancaCatalan
  • timálie běloprsáCzech
  • preblyn jyngl bronwynWelsh
  • Hvidbrystet DrosseltimalieDanish
  • MangrovemaustimalieGerman
  • MangrovemausdrosslingGerman
  • WeißkopfmaustimalieGerman
  • blankbrusta pelorneoEsperanto
  • Tordina pechiblancaSpanish
  • jokitimaliFinnish
  • Akalat à front noirFrench
  • Turdinule à front noirFrench
  • obalni drozdaljCroatian
  • Pelanduk merahIndonesian
  • Pelanduk Dada-PutihIndonesian
  • Garrulo crestabiancaItalian
  • ムナジロムジチメドリJapanese
  • mangrovinė trichastomaLithuanian
  • Burung TelanjukMalay
  • MangrovemuistimaliaDutch
  • Maleise MangrovemuistimaliaDutch
  • hvitbrysttimalNorwegian
  • dżunglak rdzaworzytnyPolish
  • tordina-de-peito-brancoPortuguese
  • tordina-palustre-de-malacaPortuguese
  • Мангровый усатоклювRussian
  • Мангровая мышиная тимелияRussian
  • dudroš bieloprsýSlovak
  • malajflodtimaliaSwedish
  • vitbröstad timaliaSwedish
  • นกกินแมลงป่าชายเลนThai
  • นกกินแมลงป่าโกงกางThai
  • Ak Gerdanlı ArdıçesmeriTurkish
  • джунгляк мангровийUkrainian
  • Khướu ngực trắngVietnamese
  • 白胸雅鶥Chinese
  • 布萊氏雅鶥Chinese
  • 白胸雅鹛Chinese

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Relatives of the malayan swamp babbler

Other species in the same genus Pellorneum.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the malayan swamp babbler?

An adult malayan swamp babbler weighs 21 g – 22 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the malayan swamp babbler endangered?

The malayan swamp babbler is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the malayan swamp babbler?

The malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum) belongs to the family Pellorneidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
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  title = {Malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/malayan-swamp-babbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}