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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
25/05/2024 12:55:46 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
VU
Hinde's Babbler*
Id (Atlas):
Turdoides hindei
Description (10 )
Hinde's Babbler
© flickr.com
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.
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)... )
Listen to XC756889
Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei ) [XC756889 ]
by isaac kilusu from Kangai (near Kagio), Mwea, Kirinyaga County, Kenya (call)
Listen to XC59936
Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei ) [XC59936 ]
by James Bradley from Wajee, Kenya (call)
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Hindes Babbler see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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