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ShrublandCup nestMedium · 67 g
What the Rufous Babbler sounds like
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This babbler is large and dark olive brown above with a grey forehead. The wing feathers have a rufous tinge. The feathers of the forehead have black shafts. The iris is pale white to yellow and the lores are dark. The underside is bright rufous, and paler on the center of the throat and belly. The nominate form (type location: Mananthawadi) is found in the Western Ghats north of the Palghat Gap while hyperythra found to the south is said to be more richly coloured. They are 25–26 cm long with a wing of 8.7-9.0 cm. The tail is about 11–11.5 cm long.
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When to see the Rufous Babbler
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous Babbler
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Rufous Babbler
The rufous babbler is an endemic species of bird found in the Western Ghats of southern India of the family Leiothrichidae It is dark brown and long tailed, and is usually seen foraging in noisy groups along open hillsides with a mixture of grass, bracken and forest.
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Easily confused with
Arabian BabblerArgya squamicepsIt is 26 to 29 cm (10 to 11 in) long with a wingspan of 31 to 33.5 cm (12.2 to 13.2 in) and a weight of 64 to 87.9 g (2.26 to 3.10 oz).
Striated BabblerArgya earleiThe striated babbler is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Rufous ChattererArgya rubiginosaThe rufous chatterer is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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