About the Tawny-bellied Babbler
The tawny-bellied babbler also known in older Indian works as the rufous-bellied babbler is a small babbler that forages in small groups in low scrub forests. Like other members of the large Old World babbler family they are passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are three subspecies within the Indian subcontinent. The nominate hyperythra found in northern and eastern India is uniformly brown underneath while albogularis of the western Indian peninsula is white throated. The population in Sri Lanka, phillipsi, is also white throated but is paler underneath and has a larger bill.
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The tawny-bellied babbler is a small babbler at 13 cm including its long round-tipped tail. The outer tail feathers are about half the length of the central tail feather. It is dark brown above and orange-buff below, with a rufous grey crown. The feathers on the forehead are stiff and the tail has cross rays and is otherwise olive brown. The throat is white in adults of the populations of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan population, however, has a larger and heavier beak and paler underparts. The population on Mt.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Streak-breasted Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollisThe streak-breasted scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
Grey-throated BabblerStachyris nigricepsThe grey-throated babbler is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticepsThe white-browed scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
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