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	babbler - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Babblers have soft, fluffy plumage and vary in coloring; various species resemble other birds, and five of the seven groups of babblers are named on this basis—the wren babblers, the tit babblers, the laughing thrushes, and the crow tits, or parrotbills.
		The wren tit, the only American babbler (found W of the Rockies), is believed to be an offshoot of the crow tits.
		Babblers are insectivorous and, as their name suggests, are noisy birds.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-babbler.html (203 words)

	Wrens - definition from Biology-Online.org
		Among these are several species of European warblers; as, the reed wren (see Reed warbler, under Reed), the sedge wren, see Sedge warbler, the willow wren (see Willow warbler, the golden-crested wren, and the ruby-crowned wren (see kinglet).
		Wren babbler, any one of numerous species of small timaline birds belonging to Alcippe, Stachyris, Timalia, and several allied genera.
		Wren warbler, any one of several species of small Asiatic and african singing birds belonging to Prinia and allied genera.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Wrens (303 words)

	wren - definition by dict.die.net
		Note: Among these are several species of European warblers; as, the reed wren (see Reed warbler (a), under Reed), the sedge wren (see Sedge warbler, under Sedge), the willow wren (see Willow warbler, under Willow), the golden-crested wren, and the ruby-crowned wren (see Kinglet).
		Blue wren, a small Australian singing bird (Malurus cyaneus), the male of which in the breeding season is bright blue.
		Wren warbler, any one of several species of small Asiatic and African singing birds belonging to Prinia and allied genera.
	dict.die.net /wren (303 words)

	Old World babbler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds.
		They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.
		They are one of two unrelated groups of birds known as babblers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timaliidae (114 words)

	Birding In Taiwan - Winter Wren
		The Winter Wren feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates including insects and spiders, and also small vertebrates such as small fish, tadpoles and young frogs.
		The Winter Wren usually forages low in vegetation, on the ground under shrubs, in forest litter and in the damp forest understorey.
		The Winter Wren is the only member of the Wren family which occurs in Eurasia, the others being confined to the Americas.
	www.birdingintaiwan.com /winterwren.htm (321 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : Wondrous babbler
		The Bugun liocichla (known zoologically as Liocichla bugunorum), a fl-capped babbler with olive, yellow, crimson, and white feathers, was found by Ramana Athreya of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune and his team in Lama camp near the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in western Arunachal.
		The discovery of the Bugun liocichla nearly half a century after Ripley first documented the rusty-throated wren babbler in Arunachal Pradesh is significant for preparing a more comprehensive account of life on earth.
		The wondrous Bugun babbler and the Arunachal macaque, a new species recorded by scientists of the Nature Conservation Foundation, are two typical examples of what may be lost forever if short-sighted governments keep forests closed to science.
	www.hindu.com /2006/10/13/stories/2006101306201000.htm (442 words)

	* Wren - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The wren is a tiny brown bird, although it is heavier, less slim, than the even smaller goldcrest...
		The house wren is a fairly common to common summer resident.
		The Winter Wren is a tiny bird of dense forest undergrowth, often staying out of sight as they forage along the ground through thickets and fallen logs...
	www.mimihu.com /bird/wren.html (595 words)

	Tabin Babblers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		So far 23 species of babbler (family Timaciidae) have been spotted in Tabin and there is likely to be more species discovered as serious birders discover Tabin and explore the Reserve thoroughly.
		The babblers tend to be non-migratory birds with stubby wings and most are poor fliers.
		Most babblers are noisy birds that get their name from the profusion of odd sounds and chattering noises that they make as they forage in forest thickets and underbrush.
	www.borneowetnwild.com /tabinguide/birds/htm/babblers.htm (266 words)

	wren -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This species is called the winter wren in North America; in Eurasia it is known simply as the wren.
		Wrens are among the easiest of birds to attract to the home garden with the offer of a birdhouse (see Birds).
		Wrens belong to the wren family Troglodytidae (meaning “cave dweller”), which comprises 59 species.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077543 (642 words)

	Old World Babblers
		The Old World babblers are a large family of mostly Old World (Europa, Asia and Africa) passerine birds.
		The timaliids are one of two unrelated groups of birds known as babblers, the other being the Australasian Babblers of the family Pomatostomidae (also known as pseudo-babblers).
		Growth rate and energetics of Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) nestlings...
	www.avianweb.com /babblersoldworld.html (258 words)

	Ant wren definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		[1913 Webster] Note: Among the species best known are the house wren (Troglodytes aedon) common in both Europe and America, and the American winter wren (Troglodytes hiemalis).
		[1913 Webster] Note: Among these are several species of European warblers; as, the reed wren (see Reed warbler (a), under Reed), the sedge wren (see Sedge warbler, under Sedge), the willow wren (see Willow warbler, under Willow), the golden-crested wren, and the ruby-crowned wren (see Kinglet).
		Wren babbler, any one of numerous species of small timaline birds belonging to Alcippe, Stachyris, Timalia, and several allied genera.
	www.thedict.com /definition/Ant-wren (299 words)

	babbler - Research the news about babbler - from HighBeam Research
		other birds, and five of the seven groups of babblers are named on this basis?the wren babblers, the tit babblers, the laughing thrushes...
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		A Dictionary of Zoology; 1999; MICHAEL ALLABY; 142 Words Timaliidae (babblers, fulvettas, nun babblers, rail-babbler; class Aves, order Passeriformes) A family of fairly small birds, most of which are brown, grey, and buff, but some of which have brighter colours.
	www.highbeam.com /search.aspx?q=babbler&ref_id=ency_botnm (762 words)

	Wren
		Totally unpracticed herself, abandoned by the usages of the society in which she had been educated very much to the artifices of any fortune-hunter, and vexed
		She then forms these into a number of neat oval-shaped cells, about the size of a wren 's egg, and in each cell she deposits one egg.
		She then flies off in search of spiders, which are to be laid tip in stores within the cells as food for the young larvae, when hatched.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/Wren.word (252 words)

	OBC \| publications \| Around the Orient \| 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		However, the species is known to fluctuate greatly in numbers according to water-level changes, and so its absence (or reduced numbers at former sites) might mean that birds have simply moved to other locations, making more surveys a priority.
		On 18 November 2004 Ben King and Julian P. Donahue rediscovered the Rusty-throated Wren Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis in India's Arunachal Pradesh region.
		The wren babbler was refound at 1,800 m on the Roing- Hunli road, in the Dibang River drainage of the Mishmi Hills, eastern Himalaya.
	www.orientalbirdclub.org /publications/basiafeats/arorient.html (791 words)

	www.shortwing.co.uk
		The gods of these mountains must have decided that this year?s colours were green and red, because it wasn?t long before we were watching a confiding flock of stunning Fire-tailed Myzornis.
		Birding beneath hillsides cloaked with beautiful forest alongside the Mo Chu river, we found Spotted Wren Babbler, Slaty-backed and Ferruginous Flycatchers, Slaty-bellied Tesia, the localised Yellow-vented Warbler, Golden-spectacled Warbler, Rufous-bellied and Mountain Hawk Eagles, and along the broad rivers we found Northern Pintail, Ruddy Shelducks, Osprey, Brown Dippers and more Ibisbills.
		A Long-billed Wren Babbler sang loudly from the roadside and allowed a quick look, White-gorgetted Flycatchers and Lesser Shortwings sang from the undergrowth, we had a good look at Black-eared Shrike Babbler, Brown-throated Treecreeper, and a brief view of a Pygmy Blue Flycatcher.
	www.shortwing.co.uk /pages/tripDetails.asp?id=42 (1282 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Malaysia Birding by Frank Rheindt
		Of three regional endemics, one (Mountain Peacock-Pheasant) is illusory and the second (Malayan Partridge, formerly Gray-breasted Partridge) eluded me and is apparently unreliable, though it is regularly recorded around the refreshingly well-kept trail from the mosque along the golf course.
		Bamboo along the upper third of the old road (in use) had good activity in the form of Black Laughingthrush, White-hooded Babbler and Yellow-bellied Warbler, though the silent atmosphere toward the later morning precluded the detection of Marbled Wren Babbler at its stake-out 1-2km above the lower gate.
		Most remarkable among these was a Rail Babbler on the new road embankment at forest edge, seen well at 5 meters' distance for about 5 sec.
	www.worldtwitch.com /malaysia_birding_rheindt.htm (3822 words)

	Wren@Everything2.com
		Among these are several species of European warblers; as, the reed wren (see Reed warbler (a), under Reed), the sedge wren (see Sedge warbler, under Sedge), the willow wren (see Willow warbler, under Willow), the golden-crested wren, and the ruby-crowned wren (see Kinglet).
		-- Blue wren, a small Australian singing bird (Malurus cyaneus), the male of which in the breeding season is bright blue.
		-- Wren babbler, any one of numerous species of small timaline birds belonging to Alcippe, Stachyris, Timalia, and several allied genera.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node=Wren (330 words)

	Les oiseaux Timaliidés
		Black-browed Babbler, Malacocincla perspicillata, Akalat à sourcils noirs
		Black-crowned Babbler, Stachyris nigrocapitata, Timalie à calotte noire
		Blackcap Babbler, Turdoides reinwardtii, Cratérope à tête noire
	www.oiseaux.net /liste/birds.timaliidae.html (1566 words)

	Babbler: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Babbler
		Babbler: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Babbler
		The babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds.
		They are rather diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ba/Babbler.html (95 words)

	Search Results for wren - Encyclopædia Britannica
		New Zealand bird belonging to the family Xenicidae (q.v.); also, a true wren of North America (Salpinctes obsoletus; see wren).
		Wren designed 53 London churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral, as well as many secular buildings of note.
		Bibliographical sketch of the famous sixteenth century astronomer, architect, and geometry genius.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=wren&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (413 words)

	Livid's Lividict - Emu wren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Note: Among the species best known are the house wren ({Troglodytes a["e]don}) common in both Europe and America, and the American winter wren ({T. hiemalis}).
		From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emu wren \E"mu wren`\ (Zo["o]l.) A small wrenlike Australian bird ({Stipiturus malachurus}), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
		[1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Emu wren \E"mu wren`\ (Zo["o]l.) A small wrenlike Australian bird ({Stipiturus malachurus}), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
	livid.3322.org /lookup/Emu%20wren.html (844 words)

	AVIFAUNA - Picchio Verde. . . l'altro web site
		Usually treated as babblers, but DNA hybridization suggests that they are separable as a subfamily of the Sylviidae.
		It has also been proposed that it is a Garrulax, or at least a garrulacine, and that it is a babbler (Timaliini).
		Malay pen., Sumatra, Belitung and Riau and Lingga arch., Borneo and Banggi I. Trichostoma celebense SULAWESI BABBLER.
	www.scricciolo.com /classificazione/passeriformes20.htm (5196 words)

	rail-babbler -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Noted for their continual and rapid vocalizations, babblers are sometimes called babbling thrushes or chatterers.
		The name babbler is often used in compound form suggesting habitat, appearance, or...
		Shy dwellers of the marshlands, rails are slender, somewhat chicken-shaped birds with short, rounded wings, short tails, and long-toed feet.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062482 (852 words)

	Trip Report of North East India 2004 ~ Mike Waite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Both Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler and Satyr Tragopan were only heard in the impenetrable bamboo here.
		A tape rapidly brought in 2-3 birds, one of which allowed prolonged close-focus ‘scope views of this extraordinary babbler.
		ENS; in parties of 4-5 birds, often with other babblers and apparently within a distinct altitudinal belt between c.2200-1500m.
	www.kolkatabirds.com /hillbirdsofind/netripreportmw.htm (7006 words)

	Birding India Tours - North East India : Hot Spots
		Contained between the Debang, Lohit and the Great Brahmaputra rivers, the 340 sq Kms reserve was set up with a view to protecting the grass land and swamp habitat.
		Its avifauna is a unique blend of Indo-Burmese, Sino-Tibetan and Himalayan forms, which thrives in the bio-diverse habitat encompassing tropical, temperate and alpine.
		Largely unexplored 665 species of birds have been recorded, of which some are exotic - Blyth's Tragopan, Wards Tragopan White- Winged Wood Duck, Rufus necked hornbill, Blue napped Pitta, Wedge-billed Wren Babbler, snow throated Babbler, and Beautiful Nuthatch.
	www.allindiabirding.com /north_east_india/hot_spots2.html (1155 words)

	Borneo 2003 trip list
		Singles of this striking ground babbler seen by one of us on 3 of 8 days at BRL; always on or near ground inside forest.
		Quite a nice but skulking babbler found singly or with flocks a few times at BRL and in Mulu.
		A rather common undergrowth babbler — often with flocks — in Mulu and Poring and Sukau and BRL and DVFC.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/Borneo2003list.html (10140 words)

	Birding In Taiwan - Pygmy Wren-Babbler
		When encountered in the shadows of undergrowth, they rarely flee but usually go about their business of foraging, ignoring the observer.
		The Pygmy Wren-Babbler in Taiwan, variously called Formosan Wren-Babbler, Taiwan Wren-Babbler, and Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler P.
		Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler, “Endemic subspecies of Taiwan birds—first impressions”, by N. Collar, in Birding ASIA, Number 2, December 2004
	www.birdingintaiwan.com /pygmywren-babbler.htm (270 words)

	Malee's Nature Lover Bungalows
		Chiang Dao is known for specialities as Deignan's Babbler (an endemic to this region), Hodgson's Frogmouth, Giant Nuthatch and Hume's Pheasant.
		Species regularly seen in the bushes along this road include Radde's Warbler, Buff-breasted Babbler (also common in the gullies in May), White-browed Scimitar-Babbler, Grey-throated Babbler (a hard skulker, mostly seen in mixed flocks with Brown-cheeked Fulvettas), Long-tailed Shrike.
		The valley-trail is the trail that continues from the campsites at the bottom of the first summit to the DYK-substation (or reverse).
	www34.brinkster.com /maleenature/wildlife.htm (4841 words)

	Old World babbler - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Old World babbler - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Timaliidae (128 words)

	Helptourism.com :: HELP TOURISM - Siliguri - Kolkata - New Delhi :: Birding Tour :: Sikkim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The trail is dark and wet and provides a good chance of seeing some of the laughingthrushes and other skulking forest birds.
		The scrub at the rear of the throne proved a good spot to see hunting parties in action and the high viewpoint was a good place to observe migrating Steppe Eagles.
		Some of the birds seen here are Kalij Pheasant, Ashy Wood Pigeon, Broad-billed Warbler, Pygmy Wren Babbler, Hoary-throated Barwing, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Rufous-breasted and Maroon-backed Accentors, Dark-breasted and Pink-browed Rosefinches.
	www.helptourism.com /birding_sikkim.html (554 words)

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		The population of many migrants had already thinned down by the time of our visit but the prized sighting/identification of a Chinese Pond Heron (moulting into the breeding plumage) was only possible because of the late visit.
		Some of the rarer dips were the Finn's baya, fl-breasted parrotbill and slender-billed babbler.
		Some of the other species seen were crested goshawk, broad-billed roller, white-bellied yuhinas, abbott's babbler, oriental dwarf kingfisher, fl-backed forktail, great pied and wreathed hornbills, collared broadbill, fl stork, etc Eaglenest was the jewel of the trio.
	www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/KaziPakkeEaglenest.html (2221 words)

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