Babblers (Timaliidae)
Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) - HBW 12, p. 136
French: Moupinie aux yeux d’or
German: Goldaugentimalie
Spanish: Timalí Ojigualdo
Taxonomy: [Parus] sinensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Guangdong, China.
Geographical variation clinal, from palest in W (race hypoleucum) to darkest in E (nominate), merging through middle of Indian Subcontinent; birds from Nepal appear intermediate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hypoleucum (Franklin, 1831) - Pakistan (Kohat and Indus valleys), SW & SC Nepal, and much of India except NE.
- nasale (Legge, 1879) - Sri Lanka.
- saturatius (Ticehurst, 1922) - NE India from N West Bengal E to Assam and W Arunachal Pradesh (N of R Brahmaputra).
- sinense (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - NE India (S of R Brahmaputra), E Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand (except S), S China (W & S Yunnan, SW Guizhou, Guangxi, W Guangdong), Laos and Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult singing. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp hypoleucum)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 4 -
Bird giving three different calls during breeding period Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 2 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
A juvenile moving and foraging in a tree. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp hypoleucum)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 2 years ago 18 sec 3 -
A bird calling to mate from Ipomea bush Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2005 2 years ago 5 sec 3
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perched beauty displaying its colors
Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Sharad Agrawal 3 January 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird perched
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 4 November 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
With food
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 29 August 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Perched in dense grassland.
Locality Udawalawa National Park, Sri Lanka (ssp nasale)
Fran Trabalon 5 January 2012 11 weeks ago 3.3 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched on a jonc.
Locality Hodal, Faridabad District, Haryana, India
J.M. Garg 21 February 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
A bird perched on a reed.
Locality Faridabad District, Haryana, India
J.M. Garg 17 November 2006 2 years ago 3.3
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Display calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2006 2 years ago 4.3 -
Calling while feeding Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 October 2005 2 years ago 4 -
Calling near water in reeds Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp hypoleucum)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 1983 2 years ago 4 -
Calling in a bush Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp hypoleucum)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2005 2 years ago 4 -
Different tones of calls Locality Kota, Kota District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp hypoleucum)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1985 2 years ago 4 -
Display calls Locality Kota, Kota District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp hypoleucum)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1985 2 years ago 4
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