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ShrublandDomed nestSmall · 42 g
ID tip
Hall's babbler is medium in size (19 cm-21 cm) and identified by its thick white eyebrows and a white 'bib' from chin to mid-breast, which is sharply demarcated from the brown lower breast to belly. The tail feathers are tipped white, with the amount of white decreasing from the outermost to innermost feather, where most birds lack white tips on the central pair of feathers; this pattern creates distinctive white 'corners' to the fanned tail, which is conspicuous in flight. The legs and feet are dark grey. The bill is curved and the iris is dark brown. Voice: The calls consist of constant 'clucks' while foraging, and an alarm call which sounds more like a loud buzzing, usually resulting in flocks retreating to the cover of trees.
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When to see the Hall's Babbler
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Where to see the Hall's Babbler
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About the Hall's Babbler
Hall's babbler is a small species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae most commonly found in dry Acacia scrubland in interior regions of eastern Australia. Superficially similar to the white-browed babbler this species was only recognised during the 1960s, which makes it a comparatively recent discovery. The bird is named after the Australian-born philanthropist Major Harold Wesley Hall, who funded a series of expeditions to collect specimens for the British Museum, during which the first specimens of Hall's babbler were collected in southwestern Queensland in 1963.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut-crowned BabblerPomatostomus ruficepsChestnut-crowned babblers are dark, brown-grey birds with a white throat and breast, white-tipped tail and a long, black, down-curved bill.
White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosusRanging from 17 cm to 21 cm in length, the white-browed babbler is the smallest of the Australian babblers.
Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalisThe grey-crowned babbler is a species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae.
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