Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler or Scaly-breasted Cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer albiventer (Hodgson, 1837)) Limithang Road, Bhutan A one hell of skulker, who gave us really fun time by coming out in open....and giving some memorable clicks... This quaint little tailless bird is a typical Wren in all its habits but is even more of a pedestrian and less of a flyer than the birds. It is an inhabitant of wet, evergreen forest, loving the vicinity of jungle-streams where it scrambles over the mossy boulders, the fallen trees and decaying vegetation. In and out of the hollows and crevices, under and through the luxuriant moss and climbing plants, ever on the move yet never on the wing, at the first hint of danger it dodges out of sight, only to reappear once again when quiet is restored. It is insectivorous in its diet and seems especially fond of the smaller spiders and ants, pursuing these with great activity and restless energy. Its ordinary note is a loud, rather shrill whistle but it attempts a little song in the breeding season. Pnoepyga wren-babblers are not babblers and elevated to their own family (Gelang et al. 2009) There are two subspecies: 1. Pnoepyga albiventer albiventer (Hodgson, 1837) --> Himalayas of Nepal to Assam, n Myanmar, s China and n Tonkin 2. Pnoepyga albiventer pallidior Kinnear, 1924 --> Himalayas (East Punjab to w Nepal)
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:46:00 +0000
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