A new babbler species

 I wonder if it's due to the lockdown thus lack of human presence that brought them out or they have been there but not sighted nor heard before.  Whatever, I couldn't be more thrilled than to discover another new species for Bukit Kiara.

It was the incessant exchange of calls and movements that attracted my attention to the energetic movements in the lower trees down the slope.  An initial image captured stirred my excitement but these birds were truly difficult to zoom in being hyperactive.

Following confirmation checks with a couple of birders, I can now proudly add the Abbott's Babbler (Malacocinla abbotti) to the avian presence in the bukit.

It is of Least Concern status and can be found to forage singly or in pairs low down in secondary forest or wooded areas.  A rather plain bird with a couple of distinct features to differentiate it from the very similar Horsfield's babbler:

- whitish throat

- greyish face with prominent supercilium

- rather large bill with hook-tip

- longer tail

Another possible id confirmation way would be to record its call.