Our guide, Azmil, had put out small maggots and called for a completely different species when this Mourning babbler (earlier called the Short-tailed babbler) appeared - completely fearless! My travel companion Alan tried putting some worms in his cupped hand - and the little babbler responded by picking a few straigt out of his hand! The bird is 13-15 cm long and occurs in moist, lowland forests up to 1,000 meters in altitude. It has a brown crown that can be folded up if it gets excited. It forages alone (as here), or in pairs, for insects on or just above the ground. The species is declining relatively sharply in numbers due to habitat destruction and is therefore considered "near threatened".