Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata)

Other Scientific Names
Turdoides striatus [BirdLife International (2004)], Turdoides striatus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Jungle Babbler, Striated Babbler, Deccan Babbler (somervillei)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Dumont, 1823)

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,525 m, occasionally up to 1,830 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Jungle Babbler (Argya striata) [XC809676]
by Marc Anderson from Bardiya National Park, Bardiya, Lumbini Province, Nepal (call)

Jungle Babbler (Argya striata) [XC426165]
by Tejaswini Limaye from Mallapuzhassery, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India (alarm call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Orange-billed Babbler (Turdoides rufescens), and has been treated as conspecific. Subspecies somervillei sometimes thought to represent a separate species, but intergrades with malabarica.

Proposed subspecies orissae (from eastern India) treated as synonymous with nominate.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

sindiana (Ticehurst, 1920) - Pakistan (R Indus plains) and north-western India (from Himalayan foothills, Punjab and Haryana south to Rann of Kutch).
striata (Dumont, 1823) - Himalayan foothills from south-eastern Himachal Pradesh east to southern Nepal, southern Bhutan and western Assam, and southern in India to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, southern West Bengal and north-eastern Andhra Pradesh, and Bangladesh.
somervillei (Sykes, 1832) - Western peninsular India (south to Goa). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Black-winged Babbler (Turdoides somervillei).
malabarica (Jerdon, 1845) - South-western India.
orientalis (Jerdon, 1845) - Peninsular India except western and north-east.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata) - 10 files

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