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Long Lost Babbler Bird










Common name- Black-browed babbler

Scientific name- Malacocincla perspicillata


Diet- small invertebrates ( only expected not confirmed)

Height- 10-24 cm(approx)

Weight- 30g (approx)

Lifespan- unknown 

Habitat- Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest


Black -browed babbler, a songbird species, rediscovered in Borneo during Oct 2020 and published in 25 Feb 2021 in Birding ASIA. This bird was last seen before the Darwin's publishing of Origin of species(180 yrs ago).


In Oct 2020, Muhammad Suranto and Muhammad Rizky Fauzan found the elusive black - browed babbler during weekly trip to gather forest products in South Kalimanton provinces.


Little is known about this creature diet, lifespan. Scientists had never been sure where did the bird lives in the wild.


 





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