Javan black-capped babbler

The Javan black-capped babbler (Pellorneum capistratum) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is endemic to the island of Java in Indonesia. The Malayan black-capped babbler (P. nigrocapitatum) and the Bornean black-capped babbler (P. capistratoides) were both formerly considered conspecific, but were split from it in 2021.^[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Javan black-capped babbler
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pellorneidae
Genus:	Pellorneum
Species:	P. capistratum
Binomial name
Pellorneum capistratum (Temminck, 1823)

Diet

It forages in the understory of forests.^[3]

Behavior

It is sedentary.^[3]

P. capistratum specimen, Collection Naturalis Biodiversity Center