Babblers (Timaliidae)
Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii) - HBW 12, p. 223
French: Cratérope fléché
German: Braundrossling
Spanish: Turdoide de Jardine
Other common names: Arrow/Jardine’s Babbler
Taxonomy: Crateropus Jardineii A. Smith, 1836, banks of rivers beyond Kurrichane, north-western Transvaal, South Africa.
Considered to form a superspecies with T. plebejus and T. leucocephala; sometimes treated as conspecific with latter. Race convergens sometimes subsumed in nominate. Proposed race kikuyuensis (SW Kenya and adjacent N Tanzania) merged with emini, and natalensis (S Mozambique S to Lesotho) included in nominate. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hyposticta (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) - S Gabon, S PRCongo, SW DRCongo and NW Angola.
- emini (Neumann, 1904) - SW & S Uganda and SW Kenya S to E DRCongo and NW & N Tanzania.
- tanganjicae (Reichenow, 1886) - SE DRCongo and NC & NE Zambia.
- hyposticta (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) - S Gabon, S PRCongo, SW DRCongo and NW Angola.
- emini (Neumann, 1904) - SW & S Uganda and SW Kenya S to E DRCongo and NW & N Tanzania.
- tanganjicae (Reichenow, 1886) - SE DRCongo and NC & NE Zambia.
- kirkii (Sharpe, 1876) - SE Kenya, C, E & SE Tanzania, NE (E part) Zambia, Malawi and N & C Mozambique.
- tamalakanei Meyer de Schauensee, 1932 - WC & S Angola E to extreme SW Zambia, NE Namibia and N Botswana.
- convergens Clancey, 1958 - N & E Botswana, Zimbabwe (except far N), C Mozambique and coastal NE South Africa.
- jardineii (A. Smith, 1836) - SE Botswana E to S Mozambique, S to N & NE South Africa, Swaziland and NE Lesotho.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual perched and calling Locality Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp kirkii)
Greg Baker 29 October 2005 29 weeks ago 25 sec 4.3 -
Birds in Talamati camp Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 12 October 2007 2 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a branch preening and defecating before flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp emini)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 6 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A small group in a garden Locality Kibuye, West Province, Rwanda
Pascal Vagner 7 March 2013 8 weeks ago 48 sec 4 -
Two birds preening on a dead palm stalk Locality Nata Lodge, Nata, Central District, Botswana (ssp jardineii)
Keith Blomerley 5 January 2007 6 years ago 13 sec 4 -
A small flock foraging in a tree and one individual on the ground Locality Musango Safari Camp, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp convergens)
Greg Baker 8 September 1999 1 year ago 35 sec 3.8
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Bird perched
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi Shapiro 5 October 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
Single bird on branch
Locality Nylstroom, Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 30 October 2012 26 weeks ago 4.2 -
One of a large noisy flock.
Locality Rust de Winter Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp jardineii)
David Beadle 6 February 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Tucking feathers after a rain storm
Locality Dikhololo Game Reserve, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 21 March 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
Perched in a tree
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 13 October 2008 2 years ago 4 -
Adult bird on the ground.
Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 4 October 2009 3 years ago 4
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A group of 5 individuals calling. 5:58am Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia
(ssp tamalakanei )
Charles Hesse 20 November 2009 3 years ago 3
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