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Malaysian Rail-babbler

(Eupetes macrocerus)

is a species of bird in the family Eupetidae (rail babblers) found in forests of the Malay Peninsula. for a songbird they are fairly sized with adults growing up to a foot in length. They are a cinnamon colored bird with black, yellow, white and chestnut markings on their head. As you might of guessed by their long legs they live most of their lives on the forest floor hunting for insects and are very secretive and rarely seen. This secrecy is probably linked to their status as near threatened as not too much is known about them.

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