Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes & Allies)  
Genus: Turdoides (19 species)


Capuchin Babbler
Capuchin Babbler (Turdoides atripennis)
Range: AF: w, c
San Diego Zoo, California, USA  
 
Photograph by Vic Murayama     Copyright and usage info


Southern Pied Babbler
Southern Pied Babbler (Turdoides bicolor)
Range: AF: s Angola and Namibia to Zimbabwe and n South Africa
Kalahari, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


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Chapin's Babbler (Turdoides chapini)
Range: AF: e Democratic Republic of the Congo
 



White-throated Mountain Babbler
White-throated Mountain Babbler (Turdoides gilberti)
Range: AF: ne Cameroon and sw Nigeria
Kodmin, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Bare-cheeked Babbler
Bare-cheeked Babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys)
Range: AF: Angola and Namibia
Namibia  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Hartlaub's Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii)
Range: AF: c
Botswana  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Hinde's Babbler
Hinde's Babbler (Turdoides hindei) Vulnerable
Range: AF: Kenya
Kiganjo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Northern Pied Babbler
Northern Pied Babbler (Turdoides hypoleuca hypoleuca)
Range: AF: Kenya and Tanzania
Kiritiri, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Arrow-marked Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii jardineii)
Range: AF: e, c, se
Pretoria, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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White-headed Babbler (Turdoides leucocephala)
Range: AF: e Sudan, Eritrea and nw Ethiopia
 



White-rumped Babbler
White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygia)
Range: AF: ne
Kavango, Namibia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Black-faced Babbler (Turdoides melanops)
Range: AF: sw
 



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Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis)
Range: OR: Nepal
 



Brown Babbler
Brown Babbler (Turdoides plebejus platycirca)
Range: AF: e, w, c
Karaiba Hotel, The gambia  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Blackcap Babbler
Blackcap Babbler (Turdoides reinwardtii)
Range: AF: w, wc
The Gambia  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


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Red-collared Babbler (Turdoides rufocinctus)
Range: AF: e DR Congo, sw Uganda, w Rwanda and nw Burundi
 



Black-lored Babbler
Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei)
Range: AF: e
Maasai Mara, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-lored Babbler
Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei sharpei)
Range: AF: e
Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

HBW illustrates the 'vepres' race in Kenya as having a white throat, while the 'sharpei' race has a scaled throat. Note white eye compared to similar species such as Arrow-marked Babbler.

Scaly Babbler
Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulata)
Range: AF: e
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Dusky Babbler
Dusky Babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa)
Range: AF: n Central African Republic and s Sudan; ne DR Congo, s South Sudan and w Uganda; e South Sudan and w Ethiopia
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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