Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

Mixornis gularis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 12 g

What the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Sudipto Roy · Call · Kankrajhore, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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The species has a distinctive yellowish supercilium and rufous crown. The throat is yellowish with brown streaks. Call is a loud repeated chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk somewhat reminiscent of a common tailorbird. They forage in small flocks and creep and clamber in low vegetation. They breed in the pre-monsoon season from February to July and build a loose ball shaped nest made from grasses and leaves.

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When to see the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

Regular range

The map shades 14 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

The pin-striped tit-babbler, also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that is found in South and Southeast Asia.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Bold-striped Tit-Babbler vs Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

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