Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernLegendaryEndemicInvertebratesMedium · 61 g

Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis), photo 1 — Photo: Richard Bowdler Sharpe, 1847-1909 · Public domain

Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Sagnik Dutta Roy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Sagnik Dutta Roy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Sabarni Sarker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Sabarni Sarker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Spiny Babbler

The spiny babbler is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Found only in the Middle Hills of Nepal, it can for example be seen around the Kathmandu valley, specifically around the Godavari and Phulchoki area close to the city of Lalitpur.

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Where it lives

Regular range

Nepal

When to see it

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Peak activity in April · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Hinde's BabblerTurdoides hindeiHinde's babbler, also known as Hinde's pied-babbler, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Black-faced BabblerTurdoides melanopsBlack-faced babblers are 21 to 25 cm (8.5 to 10 in) long. Scaly BabblerTurdoides squamulataThe scaly babbler is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

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