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 LC    Scaly Babbler* Id (Atlas):
    Turdoides squamulata

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Turdoides squamulatus [BirdLife International (2004)], Turdoides squamulatus [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)], Turdoides squamulatus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Scaly Babbler, Dark-billed Scaly Babbler, Squamulated Babbler

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1884)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulata) [XC756119]
     by Hans Matheve from Mida Creek, Kenya (call)

 
Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulata) [XC154806]
     by Frank Lambert from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya (call, song)

Subspecies
Has been thought to form a superspecies with Sharpe's Pied-Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) and Northern Pied-Babbler (Turdoides hypoleuca), possibly including also Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei). Birds from R Webbe Gestro, in southern Ethiopia, thought to represent an undescribed subspecies, and those from southern Ethiopia-north-eastern Kenya border region (Lak Bor watercourse, R Daua) another such. However, in each case the possibility of hybrid origin evidently not yet excluded (R Webbe Gestro birds uniform brown above, brownish-white below, iris red. Lak Bor birds intermediate between jubaensis and carolinae in extent of white on head).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • carolinae Ash, 1981   -  South-eastern Ethiopia and adjacent south-central Somalia (R Shabeelle).
  • jubaensis van Someren, 1931   -  Southern Ethiopia and adjacent southern Somalia (R Jubba).
  • squamulata (Shelley, 1884)   -  Extreme southern Somalia, south-eastern Kenya and adjacent north-eastern Tanzania.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulata) - 10 files


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