Babblers (Timaliidae)
Brown Babbler (Turdoides plebejus) - HBW 12, p. 222
French: Cratérope brun
German: Sudandrossling
Spanish: Turdoide Pardo
Other common names: Sudan (Brown) Babbler
Taxonomy: Ixos plebejus Cretzschmar, 1828, Kordofan Province, Sudan.
Considered to form a superspecies with T. leucocephala and T. jardineii; sometimes treated as conspecific with former. Proposed race uamensis (Cameroon and adjacent W Central African Republic) synonymized with cinerea. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- platycirca (Swainson, 1837) - S Mauritania and Senegal E to SE Mali, SW Niger border area and W Nigeria.
- plebejus (Cretzschmar, 1828) - NE Nigeria E to C & S Sudan.
- cinerea (Heuglin, 1856) - SE Nigeria E to S Sudan and SW Ethiopia, S to Cameroon, NE DRCongo, Uganda and W Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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3 birds taking a bath and coming to drink Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp platycirca)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 January 2012 1 year ago 52 sec 4.6 -
A bird foraging on the ground Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp platycirca)
Eldert Groenewoud 25 October 2005 5 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched on a bench and dropping to the ground to feed Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp platycirca)
Dave Jackson 18 November 2006 5 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
bird foraging Locality Marakissa, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp platycirca)
Daniêl Jimenez 3 January 2012 1 year ago 40 sec 4.3 -
Three birds foraging on the ground. Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp platycirca)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 4 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A bird foraging on the ground. Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp platycirca)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 4
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A bird perched on a post, looking up.
Locality Robert's Camp, Lake Baringo, Kenya (ssp cinerea)
Nick Athanas 5 September 2012 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 20 March 2013 9 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult
Locality Lamin Fields, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 8 February 2012 31 weeks ago 4.1 -
A very social bird
Locality Lake Baringo, Kenya (ssp cinerea)
Thomas Holmberg 10 November 2011 37 weeks ago 4 -
On a fence post looking at an insect below.
Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
David Lingard 22 November 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A bird in the grass
Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp platycirca)
Frank Derriks 9 November 2008 4 years ago 4
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A group talking loudly ... Locality Lake Baringo, Kenya
Thomas Holmberg 12 November 2011 37 weeks ago 0
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