Babblers (Timaliidae)
Bare-eyed Babbler (Turdoides aylmeri) - HBW 12, p. 219
French: Cratérope d’Aylmer
German: Schuppenbrustdrossling
Spanish: Turdoide de Aylmer
Other common names: (Pale-billed) Scaly Babbler, Scaly Chatterer
Taxonomy: Argya aylmeri Shelley, 1885, Somalia.
Races boranensis, keniana and mentalis are all very similar, each exhibiting apparent colour variation; taxonomic reassessment perhaps warranted. Proposed race loveridgei (SE Kenya and extreme NE Tanzania) considered synonymous with keniana. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aylmeri (Shelley, 1885) - Somalia and SE Ethiopia.
- boranensis (Benson, 1947) - S Ethiopia and N Kenya.
- keniana (F. J. Jackson, 1910) - C & S Kenya and immediately adjacent NE Tanzania.
- mentalis (Reichenow, 1887) - NE & EC Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one calling (nearly) from the top of a bush Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boranensis)
Martin Kennewell 3 November 2010 2 years ago 55 sec 3.5 -
brief views of one moving in bush, occasionally calling Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boranensis)
Martin Kennewell 3 November 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 3.3 -
Several birds moving in a dense bush. Locality Ginir, Ethiopia (ssp aylmeri)
Josep del Hoyo 4 December 2005 7 years ago 38 sec 3 -
Four birds preening together in a bush. Locality Ginir, Ethiopia (ssp aylmeri)
Josep del Hoyo 4 December 2005 7 years ago 31 sec 2.9 -
Four birds perching close together in a bush. Locality Ginir, Ethiopia (ssp aylmeri)
Josep del Hoyo 4 December 2005 7 years ago 34 sec 2.9 -
A bird in a bush, foraging. Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (ssp keniana)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2000 6 years ago 19 sec 2.6
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A bird in a bush thicket
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp boranensis)
Ian Fulton 19 February 2008 3 years ago 2.8
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A bird calling a single note. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
(ssp boranensis)
Martin Kennewell 3 November 2010 18 weeks ago 4
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