Sumatran babbler

The Sumatran babbler (Pellorneum buettikoferi) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

Sumatran babbler
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pellorneidae
Genus:	Pellorneum
Species:	P. buettikoferi
Binomial name
Pellorneum buettikoferi (Vorderman, 1892)
Synonyms
Trichastoma buettikoferi

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the buff-breasted babbler.