Crossley's Babbler

Crossley's Babbler is a small babbler-like bird, 15 cm long and weighing around 25 g. Its most distinctive feature is the olive-grey bill, which is disproportionately long and slightly hooked at the end. The plumage of the male is olive green on the crown, back, wings, tail and flanks, a grey belly, black throat and face, with a white submoustachial stripe and grey stripe above the eye. The legs are grey and the iris black. The female is similar but with a white throat and belly.

The Crossley's Babbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Crossley's Babbler (Mystacornis crossleyi), also known as Crossley's Babbler-vanga or Madagascar Groundjumper is a bird species in the family Vangidae. It is in the monotypic genus Mystacornis. The species was once placed in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae and its position with the vangas is still not universally accepted. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is distributed in the east of Madagascar in broadleaf forest, from sea level up to 1800 m. More

* Crossley's Babbler, Mystacornis crossleyi * Genus: Pseudobias * Ward's Flycatcher, Pseudobias wardi References - 1. ^ Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. p. 242. ISBN 0 19 854634 3. 2. ^ Fuchs, J.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Fjeldsa, J. & Pasquet, E. More

species overview :: Crossley's Babbler (Mystacornis crossleyi) = Nr. More

Crossley's Babbler (Mystacornis crossleyi) photo Ranomafana P.N. More

Crossley's Babbler Mystacornis crossleyi = Mantadia National Park, Madagascar - Dec 15, 2007 More

Crossley's Babbler Mystacornis crossleyi = Described by: Grandidier, A. (1870) Alternate common name(s): Yellow-browed Oxylabes Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Mantadia National Park, Madagascar - Dec 15, 2007 More

Crossley's Babbler Mystacornis crossleyi IUCN Red List history Year Category 2009 Least Concern 2008 Least Concern 2004 Least Concern 2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern 1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern 1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern Range Estimate More

One of them was that Crossley's Babbler Mystacornis crossleyi is not a "babbler" at all; it is a vanga (Schulenberg 2003). So is Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi (Schulenberg 2003, Dickinson 2003). So this brings the vangas in Madagascar to 21 species. . Photos: The Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata was near Ishfay, north of Tulear, southwestern Madagascar, on 20 Nov 1992. The Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris was in that same spiny forest the same day. More

Some such as Crossley's Babbler, Helmet Vanga and Bernier's Vanga are restricted to rainforest in the east of the island. Lafresnaye's Vanga and the recently-discovered Red-shouldered Vanga occur in subarid thorn scrub in the south-west.10 Behaviour - Their diet can include insects, earthworms, millipedes, lizards and amphibians.9 The Blue Vanga and Chabert's Vanga occasionally eat fruit.8 Many species feed in small groups, often in mixed-species foraging flocks. More

* Crossley's Babbler-vanga, Mystacornis crossleyi * Genus: Pseudobias * Ward's Flycatcher-vanga, Pseudobias wardi References - * Cibois, A.; Pasquet, E. & Schulenberg, T.S. (1999): Molecular systematics of the Malagasy babblers (Timaliidae) and Warblers (Sylviidae), based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 13(3): 581-595. More

* Crossley's Babbler-vanga, Mystacornis crossleyi * Ward's Flycatcher-vanga, Pseudobias wardi References - * Cibois, A. UserPolbot. -> The Dark Newtonia ( Newtonia amphichroa) is a species of Bird in the Vangidae UserPolbot. -> The Common Newtonia ( Newtonia brunneicauda) is a species of Bird in the Vangidae UserPolbot. More

greenbuls, Crossley's Babbler Mystacornis crossleyi and White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis by the very obvious yellow supercilium. Hints Limited to the understorey of dense montane forest from about 900 m to the limit of tree cover. Often first detected by the call, a penetrating "tsirp", coming from dense understorey vegetation. More

Crossley's Babbler - Mystacornis crossleyi A brilliant species which we only saw along the road at Perinet when 1 was repeatedly taped in to view in a small ravine during the late afternoon of the 16th. We also heard a couple at Ranomafana on the 28th. 228. More