Australasian Babblers (Pomatostomidae)
Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) - HBW 12, p. 335
French: Pomatostome à calotte grise
German: Grauscheitelsäbler
Spanish: Gárrulo Coronigrís
Other common names: Grey-crowned Chatterer; Red-breasted/Rufous-breasted Babbler (rubeculus)
Taxonomy: [Pomatorhinus] Temporalis Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Races sometimes considered to represent two separate species, and possibly genetically divergent, but apparently intergrade in W Queensland; further study required. Geographical variation largely clinal, size becoming larger and plumage greyer from W to N & E, and a dozen races sometimes recognized; described races considered untenable are strepitans (lowland S New Guinea from Princess Marianne Strait E to R Oriomo) and, in Australia, nigrescens (Western Australia from Pilbara area S to upper R Murchison and Wiluna), intermedius (from Kimberley, in Western Australia, .. View all taxonomy...
Races sometimes considered to represent two separate species, and possibly genetically divergent, but apparently intergrade in W Queensland; further study required. Geographical variation largely clinal, size becoming larger and plumage greyer from W to N & E, and a dozen races sometimes recognized; described races considered untenable are strepitans (lowland S New Guinea from Princess Marianne Strait E to R Oriomo) and, in Australia, nigrescens (Western Australia from Pilbara area S to upper R Murchison and Wiluna), intermedius (from Kimberley, in Western Australia, E to arid interior Queensland and N South Australia), bamba (Melville I, off NW Northern Territory), brownei (Cape Arnhem Peninsula, in N Northern Territory), mountfordae (Groote Eylandt), cornwalli (coastal NE Queensland S to Cairns), trivirgatus (coasts of S Queensland and New South Wales), tregellasi (SE South Australia E to SE New South Wales). Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- temporalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - S New Guinea (Trans-Fly region) and E Australia.
- rubeculus (Gould, 1840) - NW, N & C Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Carrying a stick - quiet calls can be heard. Locality New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 20 January 2012 17 weeks ago 17 sec 4.5 -
Two birds feeding Locality Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia (ssp cornwalli)
Eldert Groenewoud 19 July 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
Two birds feeding on the ground Locality Rush Creek, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1996 7 years ago 35 sec 4 -
Three birds preening eachother and themselves Locality Rush Creek, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 31 December 1995 7 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
A bird foraging on a tree trunk Locality Mareeba Wetland, Queensland, Australia (ssp cornwalli)
Peter Nash 22 October 2006 5 years ago 41 sec 3.7 -
Three birds preening themselves and one another Locality Rush Creek, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 31 December 1995 7 years ago 38 sec 3.5
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Pair of Grey-crowned Babblers interacting
Locality Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 August 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
Grey-crowned Babbler pair courting
Locality Lockyer Waters, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 August 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
Grey-crowned Babbler in tree
Locality Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 August 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
Grey-crowned Babblers courting
Locality Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.3 -
Grey-crowned Babbler perched on a tree
Locality Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4 -
Bird perched on fence post
Locality Queensland, Australia
Chris and Megan Perkins 27 November 2007 3 years ago 4
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