Babblers (Timaliidae)
Common Babbler (Turdoides caudata) - HBW 12, p. 214
French: Cratérope indien
German: Langschwanzdrossling
Spanish: Turdoide Indio
Other common names: Afghan Babbler (salvadorii and huttoni)
Taxonomy: Cossyphus caudatus Dumont de Sainte Croix, 1823, India.
Races form two groups, salvadorii and huttoni (larger and greyer) in W and eclipes and nominate (smaller and darker) in E; groups have been treated as two separate species, but variation predominantly clinal. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- salvadorii ( De Filippi, 1865) - E & SE Iraq and NW & SW Iran.
- huttoni ( Blyth, 1847) - SE Iran, SW Afghanistan and SW Pakistan.
- eclipes ( Hume, 1877) - N & C Pakistan E to SW Jammu & Kashmir and adjacent NW India (NW Punjab).
- caudata ( Dumont de Sainte Croix, 1823) - C, E & SE Pakistan, India (except Himalayas and NE) including Rameswaram I (off SE Tamil Nadu) and Laccadive Is, also SW Nepal and W Bangladesh.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a bird feeding on the ground. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 16 weeks ago 34 sec 4.7 -
Several birds foraging on the ground and one of them calling. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 16 weeks ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched and preening in a bush (Capparis sp). Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 16 weeks ago 25 sec 4.2 -
An individual foraging on the ground. Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2011 26 weeks ago 19 sec 4.1 -
An individual perched on a bush, singing. Locality Khoohdi (Khuri), Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 21 February 2011 18 weeks ago 26 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree and flying to another one, meeting a second individual. Locality Ramanagara, Karnataka, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 13 December 2009 2 years ago 12 sec 4
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On Prosopis branch
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 2 April 2009 1 year ago 4 -
On a branch
Locality Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan
Zotyesz 22 October 2011 31 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Hodal, Faridabad District, Haryana, India
J.M. Garg 21 February 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
common babbler group drinking
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Jaysukh Parekh Suman 5 April 2012 7 weeks ago 3.6 -
A bird foraging on the ground.
Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 16 weeks ago 3.6 -
A close-up of a bird feeding on the ground.
Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 16 weeks ago 3.5
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Calls by one bird. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India
(ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 16 weeks ago 4 -
An individual singing. Locality Khoohdi (Khuri), Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 21 February 2011 18 weeks ago 4 -
A song of a bird. Locality Ramanagara, Karnataka, India
(ssp caudata)
Josep del Hoyo 13 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Variety of calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Three different calls of a bird during breeding period Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 2 years ago 4
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