Jungle Babbler Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Argya earlei
Family : Leiothrichidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Jungle Babbler is a medium sized earth-brown passerine with a yellow bill and white eye (length 25 cm, wing 10.3 cm, bill 2.4 cm, tarsus 3.3 cm, tail 5.3 cm). The upperparts and underparts are earth-brown except for a few details. The head, nape and throat are grey brown with some pale brown streaks on the breast and a creamy-buff belly. The dark grey brown tail has darker narrow barring. Its bill is various shades of yellow to pale horn. It has yellowish-white or creamy-white irises, and pale yellow orbital skin. Its legs, feet and claws are yellowish-white to fleshy-yellow. The male and the female look alike. It feeds on ants, grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, cockroaches, spiders, frogs, grain, berries, seeds and nectar. It breeds in February-October.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Phylloscopus occipitalis
(Grey‑hooded Warbler) -
Paradoxornis flavirostris
(Spot‑breasted Parrotbill) -
Zosterops palpebrosus
(Red-billed Scimitar-babbler) -
Acrocephalus stentoreus
(Clamorous Reed-warbler) -
Mixornis gularis
(Rufous-fronted Babbler) -
Phylloscopus fuscatus
(Dusky Warbler) -
Horornis flavolivaceus
(Eastern Orphean Warbler) -
Pellorneum palustre
(Spot‑throated Babbler) -
Turdinus brevicaudata
(Indian Grass-babbler (Rufous‑rumped Grassbird)) -
Turdoides striata
(Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush)
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;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Sayam U. Chowdhury(www.xeno-canto.org/Sayam U. Chowdhury), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more 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;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Sayam U. Chowdhury(www.xeno-canto.org/Sayam U. Chowdhury), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.