Malia Malia grata Scientific name definitions
Text last updated September 30, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | màlia |
Croatian | žuti cvrčić |
Dutch | Malia |
English | Malia |
English (United States) | Malia |
French | Malia des Célèbes |
French (Canada) | Malia des Célèbes |
German | Moossänger |
Indonesian | Malia sulawesi |
Japanese | セレベスチメドリ |
Norwegian | malia |
Polish | malia |
Russian | Малия |
Serbian | Malija |
Slovak | mália machová |
Spanish | Timalí Malia |
Spanish (Spain) | Timalí malia |
Swedish | malia |
Turkish | Malya |
Ukrainian | Малія |
Malia grata Schlegel, 1880
Definitions
- MALIA
- grata
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Legend Overview
Field Identification
28 cm. Large babbler not unlike a Turdus thrush, dull olive-green above and bright greenish-yellow below. Nominate race has crown and upperparts dull yellowish olive-green, upperwing and tail green-tinged greyish-brown, underside lemon-yellow, brightest on chin and throat, with greenish-washed breast and flanks and dull yellow-tinged olive thighs and vent; lores and vague superciliary area yellow-stippled dull green, ear-coverts dull green with long thin yellowish streaks, submoustachial area yellow with vague dull greenish mottling; iris brown; upper mandible blackish, lower mandible yellowish; legs greenish-brown. Sexes similar. Juvenile apparently undescribed. Race <em>recondita</em> has wings and tail more greenish-tinged, bill smaller, lower mandible duller (less distinct from upper mandible); stresemanni has wings and tail strongly rufous-tinged, bill size as previous.
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Has been treated as an aberrant bulbul (Pycnonotidae) or babbler (Timaliidae sensu lato), but initial molecular analysis places it within Locustellidae (1). Three subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Malia grata recondita Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Malia grata recondita Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894
Definitions
- MALIA
- grata
- recondita / reconditus
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Legend Overview
Malia grata stresemanni Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Malia grata stresemanni Meise, 1931
Definitions
- MALIA
- grata
- stresemanni
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Legend Overview
Malia grata grata Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Malia grata grata Schlegel, 1880
Definitions
- MALIA
- grata
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Invertebrates, including beetles (Coleoptera) and grasshoppers (Orthoptera). Uses bill to dig in rotten wood, dislodge moss and loose bark, and glean from trunks and large branches. Usually in small parties of 3–7 individuals, sometimes in pairs, and generally accompanied by Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus), Rusty-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura teysmanni), Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus) and Sulawesi Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus sarasinorum); sometimes forages close to Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus) and whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus).
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song by group a loud mid-pitched cacophony of guttural warbling and rapid harsh chattering or grating sounds lasting for 2·2 seconds, repeated at intervals of 8–15 seconds; typically, one individual warbles while another gives continuous chatter or repeated grating note. Calling by group comprises a penetrating high whistle, “tiu”, repeated several times and immediately accompanied by rapid harsh “tsut-sut-ká-ká” (duration of bout 1–2·75 seconds, intervals 1·5–5·5 seconds); other calls include thin, high repeated alarm note when flushed. Group vocalizations often introduced by single individual giving hoarse upslur followed by harsh chatter; after 12–17 seconds other birds join in with calls of various types, including slurred “chit chit chit”, nasal squeals, insistent coarse nasal calls, and brief upslurred “squeow!” whistle; such calls given while foraging, mobbing intruder, registering presence of nearby hawk (Accipitridae).
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding