Brown-capped Babbler
Pellorneum fuscocapillus
Least concern
Stand-in photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0
Look again
It walks through the leaf litter, the same colour as what it walks on. Its song gives it away long before its shape does.
Field marks
Dark brown above and warm buff below, with a darker cap.
Family
Pellorneidae
Group
Babblers and laughingthrushes
Habitat
Dry-zone forest, Hill and cloud forest, Wet-zone rainforest
Where to look
Forest floors across the island
Length
About 16 cm
IUCN status
Least concern
