Short-tailed Babbler
Photo: Wich’yanan L · CC BY 4.0

Ground Babblers and Allies

Short-tailed Babbler

Pellorneum malaccense

NTNear Threatened
Family
Ground Babblers and Allies (Pellorneidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The mourning babbler (Pellorneum malaccense), previously the short-tailed babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula, Anambas Islands, Sumatra, Banyak Islands, Batu Islands, Riau Islands, Lingga Islands and the Natuna Islands. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the glissando babbler (Pellorneum saturatum) and the leaflitter babbler (Pellorneum poliogene).
Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.