Babblers (Timaliidae)
Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides melanops) - HBW 12, p. 221
French: Cratérope masqué
German: Schwarzgesichtdrossling
Spanish: Turdoide Enmascarado
Other common names: Black-faced Babbler
Taxonomy: Crateropus melanops Hartlaub, 1867, Damaraland, Namibia.
Formerly thought possibly to form a superspecies, and even perhaps to be conspecific, with T. tenebrosa and T. reinwardtii. Alternatively suggested as part of a superspecies with T. sharpei, T. leucopygia and T. hartlaubii. Often treated as conspecific with T. sharpei. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- angolensis A. A. da R. Pinto, 1967 - SW Angola (Huíla, E Namibe).
- melanops (Hartlaub, 1867) - S Angola and N Namibia.
- querula Clancey, 1979 - SE Angola, NW Botswana and NE Namibia (Caprivi), also, disjunctly, extreme W Zimbabwe.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two individuals allopreening. Locality Roy’s Rest Camp, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia (ssp melanops)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 11 years ago 16 sec 3.9 -
A bird briefly on the ground then flying away Locality Roy’s Rest Camp, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia (ssp melanops)
Keith Blomerley 13 January 2007 5 years ago 3 sec 3
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A juvenile stands on a rock.
Locality Roy’s Rest Camp, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia (ssp melanops)
Fran Trabalon 13 November 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
An adult bird stands, while searching for food on the floor.
Locality Roy’s Rest Camp, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia (ssp melanops)
Fran Trabalon 13 November 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
An adult bird among juveniles.
Locality Roy’s Rest Camp, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia (ssp melanops)
Fran Trabalon 13 November 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult foraging in the garden.
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp melanops)
Ken Havard 13 April 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5
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