Puff‑throated Babbler Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Laticilla burnesii
Family : Pellorneidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The Puff-throated Babbler is a small brown terrestrial passerine with a heavily streaked breast (length 15 cm, weight 28 g, wing 7 cm, bill 2 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail 7.3 cm). The upperparts are a uniform chestnut brown except for a rich rufous cap. It has a buff supercilium which extends to the nape. It has brown ear-coverts and a white eye-ring. The throat is plain white, the rest of the underparts are pale buff with dark brown stripes and spots on the breast and a white center to the belly. It has crimson to deep crimson irises, and flesh coloured legs, feet, claws and sole. Its bill is multicoloured: the upper mandible is dark brown, the lower mandible is light yellow. The male and the female look alike, but the tail of the female is a little shorter. It feeds mainly on insects. It breeds in February-June.
Other Species from Group
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Orthotomus atrogularis
(Dark‑necked Tailorbird) -
Graminicola bengalensis
(Brown‑cheeked Fulvetta) -
Locustella lanceolata
(Lanceolated Warbler) -
Phylloscopus fuscatus
(Dusky Warbler) -
Yuhina castaniceps
(Oriental White‑eye) -
Arundinax aedon
(Thick‑billed Warbler) -
Cettia brunnifrons
(Chestnut‑headed Tesia) -
Chrysomma sinense
(Black‑breasted Parrotbill) -
Tesia cyaniventer
(Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler) -
Timalia pileata
(Pin-striped Tit-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;photo credit: Imran Shah(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Imran Shah),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), 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: Imran Shah(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Imran Shah),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.