Dusky Babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa)

Other Scientific Names
Turdoides tenebrosus [BirdLife International (2004)], Turdoides tenebrosus [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)], Turdoides tenebrosus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1883)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From 600 - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda.

North-eastern Central African Republic, south-west, southern and south-eastern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia, north-eastern DRCongo and north-western Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Dusky Babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa) [XC432504]
by Peter Boesman from Nwoya, Northern Region, Uganda (call)

Dusky Babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa) [XC432502]
by Barry Edmonston from Nwoya, Northern Region, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Has been thought possibly to form a superspecies, and even perhaps to be conspecific, with Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops) and Blackcap Babbler (Turdoides reinwardtii).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Dusky Babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa) - 8 files

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