Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei)

Other Names (World)
Black-lored Babbler, Sharpe's Pied-Babbler, Sharpe's Babbler

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1891)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna. From 1,000 - 2,425 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

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 (35)...)

Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) [XC750369]
by isaac kilusu from Maiella (near Kongoni), Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya (call)

Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) [XC827915]
by Thibaut Chansac from Sopa Resort, Lake Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops) and Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include sharpei as a subspecies of Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops).

May form a superspecies with Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulata) and Northern Pied Babbler (Turdoides hypoleuca), possibly including also Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei). Alternatively suggested as part of a superspecies with Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops), White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygia) and Hartlaub's Babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii). Often treated as conspecific with Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops).

Proposed subspecies clamosus (Rift Valley in Kenya) merged with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

sharpei (Reichenow, 1891) - Extreme eastern DRCongo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda (except north), south-western Kenya and north-western and western Tanzania.
vepres Meinertzhagen, R, 1937 - Nanyuki area, on slopes of Mt Kenya (central Kenya).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) - 10 files

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