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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
21/05/2024 10:33:51 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
White-rumped Babbler*
Id (Atlas):
Turdoides leucopygia
Description (10 )
White-rumped Babbler
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Other Scientific Names
Turdoides leucopygius [BirdLife International (2004)], Turdoides leucopygius [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
Other Names (World)
White-rumped Babbler, Abyssinian Babbler, Northern White-rumped Babbler
Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)
Size
24 - 27 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Rüppell, 1840)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,250 - 2,450 m.
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
Unknown to Zambia.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
A noisy chorus of chattering and cackling.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)... )
Listen to XC276700
White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygia ) [XC276700 ]
by Andrew Spencer from Lake Awassa, Ethiopia (call)
Listen to XC57569
White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygia ) [XC57569 ]
by Guido O. Keijl from Wondo Genet, Ethiopia (call)
Subspecies
White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygia ) and Hartlaub's Babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii ) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include hartlaubii as a subspecies of Turdoides leucopygius . Gender agreement of leucopygia follows David and Gosselin (2002b).
May form a superspecies with Hartlaub's Babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii ), perhaps including also Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops ) and Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei ). Often treated as conspecific with Hartlaub's Babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii ).
Proposed subspecies clarkei (from R Baro region of extreme south-western Ethiopia) merged with omoensis .
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
leucopygia (Rüppell, 1840) - Central Eritrea and adjacent northern Ethiopia.
limbata (Rüppell, 1845) - South-western Eritrea and immediately adjacent eastern Sudan south to central Ethiopia.
smithii (Sharpe, 1895) - East-central Ethiopia R to north-western Somalia.
lacuum (Neumann, 1903) - South-central Ethiopia.
omoensis (Neumann, 1903) - South-eastern Sudan and adjacent south-western Ethiopia.
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the White-rumped Babbler see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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