Mindanao pygmy babbler
| Mindanao Pygmy Babbler | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Dasycrotapha |
| Species: | D. plateni |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasycrotapha plateni (Blasius, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mixornis Plateni (protonym)
Stachyris plateni | |
The Mindanao pygmy babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni) is a bird species endemic to the Philippines. It had been placed in the family Timaliidae, but it is a close relative of the white-eyes, however, and many taxonomists now place it in the family Zosteropidae..
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests up to 1,100 meters above sea level. It is often seen in mixed flocks with other forest birds. It has been classified by the IUCN as Near-threatened due to habitat loss.