Slender-billed Babbler (Chatarrhaea longirostris)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
20 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Moore, 1854)

Habitat
Tall grasslands in the lowlands, usually near water, grassy plateaux. From 900 - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, India (B) (NB), Nepal (B) (NB).

Unknown to Myanmar.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Extensive loss and modification of tall grasslands and reedswamp due to drainage, conversion to agriculture, overgrazing by domestic livestock, over harvesting of grass for thatch production, untimely cutting and burning of grass, inappropriate grassland management within protected areas and heavy flooding, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Gregarious but generally shy.

Voice
Song includes shrill, rather high 'yi chiwiyu chiwiyu'chiwiyu'chiwiyu'chiwiyu' and clear high 'wiii-wii-jiu-di, wiii-wii-dju-di or wi-yu-ii'. Also, four to six note 'chiu-chiu-chiu-chiu' and discordant, high 'tiu-tiu-tiu, tit-tit' and 'tiu-tiu-tit-tit-tu-tu'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Slender-billed Babbler (Argya longirostris) [XC201049]
by Frank Lambert from Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India (song)

Slender-billed Babbler (Argya longirostris) [XC663391]
by Jelle Scharringa from Kaziranga National Park (watch tower), Golaghat, Assam, India (song)

Subspecies
Individuals of this species reported from south-western Myanmar have not yet been assigned to subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

longirostris (Moore, 1854) - South-central Nepal and adjacent Oudh Tarai (north-western Bihar, in India), also north-eastern India from northern West Bengal east through R Brahmaputra plains to Assam.
arcana (Koelz, 1954) - Manipur (north-eastern India).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slender-billed Babbler (Chatarrhaea longirostris) - 3 files

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