Marsh Babbler Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Pellorneum ruficeps
Family : Pellorneidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Marsh Babbler is a dark olive-brown passerine with a white boldly striped throat (length 15 cm, wing 6.5 cm, bill 1.5 cm, tarsus 2.6 cm, tail 6.6 cm). The adult lis uniform olive-brown above from the crown to the mantle, wings and medium length tail. It has a greyish lore and short supercilium not extending beyond its eye. It has a white chin, and bold brown stripes on a rufous-buff washed sides to the throat, breast and flanks. Its belly is white, the sides are olive-brown, and the undertail-covert are ochraceous. Its irises are brown, the legs and feet are fleshy-brown or pale horn-blue and bill is bicoloured with a deep brown upper mandible and pale brown lower mandible. The male and the female look alike. It feeds mainly on insects. It breeds in March-August.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Sylvia crassirostris
(Lesser Whitethroat) -
Malacocincla abbotti
(Streaked Wren-babbler) -
Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
(Spot‑breasted Scimitar-babbler) -
Cettia castaneocoronata
(Asian Stubtail) -
Pellorneum palustre
(Spot‑throated Babbler) -
Pomatorhinus mcclellandi
(Grey‑throated Babbler) -
Turdoides striata
(Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush) -
Phylloscopus magnirostris
(Yellow‑vented Warbler) -
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
(Rufous-vented Grass-babbler (Prinia)) -
Cyanoderma rufifrons
(White‑hooded Babbler)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel(www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Bram Piotmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel(www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Bram Piotmore information, please contact us.