The Mindanao pygmy babbler (Dasycrotapha plateni) is a bird species endemic to the Philippines. It had been placed in the family Timaliidae, but it is a close relative of the white-eyes, however, and many taxonomists now place it in the family Zosteropidae.
The Visayan pygmy babbler was formerly included here as a subspecies, but is usually recognized as a distinct species S. pygmaea today. Together, they were simply called "pygmy babbler".
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests up to 1,100 meters above sea level. It is often seen in mixed flocks with other forest birds.[3] It has been classified by the IUCN as Near-threatened due to habitat loss.[4]
The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Carl Constantin Platen.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Dasycrotapha plateni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735157A95103920. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735157A95103920.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^Wilhelm Blasius, 1890. Mixornis Plateni (protonym). Journ. f. Orn., 38, p. 147 Original description
^Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Lynx. pp. 298–299.
^International), BirdLife International (BirdLife (2016-10-01). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Dasycrotapha plateni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
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