Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei)

Other Names (World)
Hinde's Babbler, Hinde's Pied-Babbler

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
22 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1900)

Habitat
Thickets and woodland within semi-arid areas, and moist, fertile land largely cleared for agriculture, but with fragments of scrub, mainly of the exotic shrub Lantana camara. From 700 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Kenya (B) (NB).

South-central Kenya.

Population
Estimated population is 1,500 - 5,600 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation, pesticide use, predation, brood parasitism (from Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)) are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Typical babbler chattering.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei) [XC365017]
by Bram Piot from Wajee Nature Park, Kenya (communal chatter)

Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei) [XC365018]
by Lars Lachmann from Wajee Nature Park, Kenya (communal chatter)

Subspecies
Has been thought possibly to be part of a superspecies with Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei), Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulata) and Northern Pied Babbler (Turdoides hypoleuca).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Hindes Babbler (Turdoides hindei) - 10 files

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