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7 unusual facts about Babbler


Babbler

Old World babbler, a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds

Blyth's Shrike-babbler

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the White-browed Shrike-babbler.

Bold-striped Tit-Babbler

Call is a loud repeated chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk-chonk somewhat reminiscent of a Common Tailorbird.

Clicking Shrike-babbler

It previously was considered a subspecies of the Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler.

Pnoepyga

The Taiwan Wren-babbler is endemic to Taiwan, and similarly the Nepal Wren-babbler has a resricted distribution, mostly occurring in Nepal (and also slightly into India).

Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler

The Taiwan Wren-babbler was once treated as a subspecies of this species.

Trilling Shrike-babbler

It previously was considered the nominate subspecies of the Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler.


Arabian Babbler

Starting in the 1970s, Amotz Zahavi observed the babbler at length, giving rise to his theory of signal and its correlative, the handicap principle.

Cameroonian Highlands forests

Seven species of birds are strictly endemic: the Bamenda Apalis (Apalis bamendae), Bangwa Forest Warbler (Bradypterus bangwaensis), White-throated Mountain-babbler (Kupeornis gilberti), Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta), Bannerman's Weaver (Ploceus bannermani), Mount Kupe Bush-shrike (Telophorus kupeensis) and Bannerman's Turaco (Tauraco bannermani), which is a cultural icon for the Kom people who live in the area.

Lyalintsi

It is derived from the personal name Lyalya, "aunt", the nickname lyalya or lala, itself from Proto-Slavic *l'al'a, "babbler, fool" or from the personal name Lyala, an affectionate form of Vlado (Vladimir, Vladislav).

Micromacronus

The Visayan Miniature Babbler is found on the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran in the central Philippines, whereas the Mindanao Miniature Babbler is restricted to Mindanao only.

Pare Mountains

Species in the Pare mountains include the endemic South Pare White-eye, Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus), Olive Woodpecker, Moustached Green-tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax) and the African Hill Babbler (Pseudoalcippe abyssinica).

Scimitar babbler

As with other babbler species, they frequently occur in groups of up to a dozen, and the rain forest species like Indian Scimitar Babbler often occur in the mixed feeding flocks typical of tropical Asian jungle.


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