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WoodlandCup nestMedium · 78 g
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The southern pied babbler is a medium-sized 75 to 95 grams (2.6 to 3.4 oz) cooperatively breeding passerine bird. Groups range in size from 2-16 adults, but pairs are rare. The species is sexually monomorphic, with males and females indistinguishable from physical characteristics. Each group comprises a dominant breeding pair that monopolise access to breeding opportunities. Recent genetic research has confirmed that these dominant pairs are responsible for more than 95% of young hatched.
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When to see the Southern Pied 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 Southern Pied Babbler
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Southern Pied Babbler
The southern pied babbler is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae, found in dry savannah of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
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Easily confused with
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejusThe brown babbler is a medium-sized Turdoides babbler, measuring 22–25 centimetres (8.7–9.8 in) in length and weighs around 52–80 grams (1.8–2.8 oz).
Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubiiHartlaub's babbler or the Angola babbler, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae, which is native to south central Africa.
Black-lored BabblerTurdoides sharpeiThe black-lored babbler or Sharpe's pied-babbler is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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