Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Forest degradation and fragmentation due to excessive gathering of fuelwood, clearance for permanent agriculture, shifting cultivation, fire, urbanisation and logging, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Orange-billed Babbler (Argya rufescens) [XC697703]
by Okamoto Keita Sin from Yatiyanthota (near Kitulgala), Kegalle, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (call)
Orange-billed Babbler (Argya rufescens) [XC177779]
by Sampath from Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (call)
Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata), and has been treated as conspecific.