Striped Tit-Babbler (Macronous gularis)
Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: TIMALIIDAE Babblers
Scientific name: Macronous gularis
English name: Striped Tit-Babbler
Characteristic: Size 13 cm. This small insect-eating bird is readily recognized by having a reddish brown forehead and crown, yellowish green back, and a paler belly. A distinct yellow eyebrow can be noticed in some individuals. Its chin down to breast is yellow and streaked with black.
Distribution: India, China, the Sundas, Palawan, and SE Asia.
Habitat: Dry evergreen forest, dipterocarp forest, secondary growth and scrub forest.
Habit: Keeps in small flocks skulking through thick vegetation of the forest undergrowth; prefers those growing along the streams. Members of the flock will incessantly call to keep in contact with one another. Insects form a main diet of this bird. Breeding starts from February-July, when a globular nest is built among low shrubbery or in bamboo clump. A clutch of 2-4 eggs is laid in a season.
Status: A common resident.
