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 Jungle Babbler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Jungle Babbler is a resident breeding bird in India and Pakistan.
In the past, the Orange-billed Babbler, Turdoides rufescens, of Sri Lanka was considered to be a race of this babbler, but is now normally given full species status.
The Jungle Babbler's habitat is forest and cultivation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jungle_Babbler   (260 words)

  
 Yellow-billed Babbler -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast (The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations) Asia.
The Yellow-billed Babbler is a common resident breeding bird in (A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948) Sri Lanka and southern (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India.
This ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed) species, like most babblers, is not (Click link for more info and facts about migratory) migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/Y/Ye/Yellow-billed_Babbler.htm   (390 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)

  
 News Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
One feeding flock held Trogon, Red-faced Malkoha, Legge's Flowerpecker, Crested Drongo, Orange-billed Babblers and Ashy-headed Laughingthrush.
Generally: it was a small to medium-sized wader with a short bill and very distinctive sharply demarcated breast markings.
Bare Parts: bill all dark apart from basal half of the lower mandible, a dull yellowish-green.
www.jetwingeco.com /web_pages/news_board/news_mar_2003.html   (5859 words)

  
 Yellow billed Babbler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Yellow-billed Babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka andsouthern India.
This species, like most babblers, is not migratory, and hasshort rounded wings and a weak flight.
It is a noisy bird, and the presence of a flock maygenerally be known at some distance by the continual chattering, squeaking and chirping produced by its members.
www.therfcc.org /yellow-billed-babbler-322451.html   (230 words)

  
 Bird watching trip report - Southwest India - Endemics and specialties of Western Ghats - surfbirds.com
Grey Junglefowl, Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Grey Hornbill, White-cheeked Barbet, Malabar Lark, Nilgiri Pipit, Grey-headed Bulbul, Yellow-throated Bulbul, Malabar Whistling-Thrush, White-bellied Shortwing, Broad-tailed Grassbird, Black-and-rufous (-orange) Flycatcher, Nilgiri Flycatcher, White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher, Wynaad Laughingthrush, Rufous-breasted (Nilgiri) Laughingthrush, Grey-breasted Laughingthrush, Rufous Babbler and White-bellied Treepie.
The plumage was a bit worn, with the yellow tail band totally worn off on one individual, and just visible on the other.
Yellow Wagtail >60 on some farmlands 5-10 km outside of Anamalai; we were too stressed to get to Top Slip to consider study for ssp.
www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/ghats-ks-0804.html   (4182 words)

  
 Kenya Birds - koru
These lush green plantations are the favoured haunt of the Red-collared Widowbird, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Common Waxbill, Blue-headed Coucal, Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver and the Yellow and Black Bishops.
Once every 18 months the sugar cane is burnt and harvested, and the resulting open fields attract Black-bellied Bustards, African Wattled and Senegal Plovers along with hundreds of migrating White and Abdim's Storks and the occasional solitary Black Stork.
Other visitors are the occasional Pied and Northern Wheatear, flocks of Yellow Wagtails and mixed groups of Barn Swallows and common House Martins that 'jam' the telephone wires.
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /koru.htm   (1314 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)

  
 Encyclopedia: Sri Lankan birds: passerines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Genera almost 50: see text The Old World babblers are a large family of Old World passerine birds.
Binomial name Turdoides rufescens (Blyth, 1847) The Orange-billed Babbler, Turdoides rufescens, is an Old World babbler.
Binomial name Turdoides affinis (Jerdon, 1845) The Yellow-billed Babbler, Turdoides affinis, is an Old World babbler.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sri-Lankan-birds:-passerines   (3260 words)

  
 12 Days 11 Nights
Yellow, Chestnut (Cinnamon) and Black Bitterns, Watercock, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Blyth’s Reed and Pallas’s Grasshopper Warblers, Loten’s (Long – billed) Sunbird.
At the foot of the central mountain massif, this is the area of higest rainfall in Sri Lanka.
Yellow, Chestnut (Cinnamon) and Black Bitterns, Cotton Teal (Pygmy-goose), Pheasant- tailed Jacana, Watercock and many other water birds, Blue faced Malkoha, Brown Fish Owl, Stork billed Kingfisher, Black – backed Yellow (White napped) Woodpecker, Clamorous reed Warbler.
www.donvoyage.com /htmls/bird_tour02.htm   (1802 words)

  
 AITKEN SPENCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The diversity in habitat and the tank provides the visitors the opportunity to observe around the hotel more than 145 species, which is almost one third of the total number of bird life in Sri Lanka.
Among the other birds in the area are Emerald Dove, Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, Racket-tailed Drongo, Black-headed Bulbul, Brown-capped Babbler and Wooly-necked Stork.
This area is a home for Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush, Orange-billed Babbler, Yellow-eared Bulbul, fl-throated Munia and many more birds.
www.naturevoyagers.com /wings_paradise.htm   (1911 words)

  
 Species account:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
So, for the benefit of anyone else that tries to inoculate me against Yellow Fever and Paraguayan Influenza, nope it's not over there, Sri Lanka is actually that teardrop drifting off the SE coast of India.
A land synonymous with self-igniting two legged Tigers, Sri Lanka is very lush and green, and is the most peaceful and happy country in the grip of a civil war that I have ever been to.
The birds at Sinharaja were foraging very high on a tall tree and seemed to have yellow enough crowns to possibly be the rarer Golden-fronted Leafbird, but neck-strain and dissolving patience prevented confirmation of this.
www.isg.rhul.ac.uk /~martin/srilankahtml.htm   (13053 words)

  
 Birding Trip Report to Sri Lanka 1999
First lifer was Yellow-billed Babbler, which proved to be a very common species, seen from the room.
Many of the species were in a couple of big feeding flocks, which were initially located by the noisy calls of the Orange-billed Babblers.
Monitor lizards were frequent including the smaller yellow dotted water monitors at a number of sites including Kalutara and the spectacularly large land monitors, notably at Bundala.
www.bubo.org /trips/srilan01.htm   (6724 words)

  
 The AvianWeb: All About Birds
Growth rate and energetics of Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) nestlings...
State-dependent sentinels: an experimental study in the Arabian babbler...
Alarm Calling and Predator Discrimination in the Arabian Babbler...
www.avianweb.com /birdspeciesAB.htm   (1033 words)

  
 Old World babbler - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Old World babbler - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Old World babbler contains research on
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Timaliidae   (128 words)

  
 Birding in Kerala, India
Rufous Babblers arrived at dusk to roost in a bush visible from the campsite.
When seen in good light, has a yellow head as shown in Kazmierczak.
In shade, only the yellow throat shows as indicated in Grimmett.
www.birdskerala.com /html/mark.htm   (1291 words)

  
 Birdwatching Trip Report from Sri Lanka
A highland plateau comprising of dense, cloud-wreathed montane forest where the stunted trees are hung with lichen and epiphytes, and grassland.
Amongst the most noteworthy birds we saw were Yellow and Black Bittern, Eurasian Thicknee, Pied Cuckoo, Blue-faced Malkoha, Crested Treeswift, Oriental Pipit, Common Iora, Clamorous Reed-Warbler and Baya Weaver.
Eventually at the far end of some lagoons we arrived at a small pit of sandy beach and were able to have a little walk to stretch our legs.
www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/sri-lanka/sri15/report-03.htm   (6241 words)

  
 WORLDTWITCH - Birding in Sri Lanka & Southern India by Jon Hornbuckle
We are very grateful for the assistance given by Gehan, Amila, Wicky and Chandra in Sri Lanka and Jijo, Babu, Eldo, Goban and Dr Sreekumar in India.
After visiting the NP on the last day of my return trip in April, I almost agree with Susan that “you would be crazy to miss it as it's a fabulous experience with plenty of large game - Asian Elephant, Water Buffalo [supposedly wild], Chital Deer, Mugger Crocodile - and magnificent birdlife”.
Streak-throated Woodpecker and Yellow-billed Babbler were also seen in the dry open woodland near here.
www.worldtwitch.com /sri_lanka_jh.htm   (7330 words)

  
 The Jungle Look - Tales from the Indian Jungle
Suddenly we saw a fully white coloured bird sitting and preening on the electric pole.
The group was that of the yellow billed Babbler.
I managed to get some shots of the Albino Babbler, even though the light was poor.
www.thejunglelook.com /Trip/out_city/bheemeshwary-8may04.html   (495 words)

  
 HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Some of them are Bengal florican, Rufous-necked laughing-thrush, Striped buttonquail bristled grass warbler, slender-billed babbler, yellow bittern fl baza (Aviceda leuphotes), Lagger falcon, vernal hanging parrot etc.
Common ones among them are the impeyan pheasant (Danphe), blood pheasant, red billed cough, yellow-billed chough, snow cock, snow pigeon, Himalayan griffon, and lammergeyer.
Some common birds species are Impeyan pheasant, Nepal's National bird (Lophophorus impejanus), Chukor patridge, Kalij pheasant, Monal (Tragopan satyra), Red and yellow billed blue magpie, nutcracker, flycatchers, Thrushes, Himalayan griffon, Cuckoos, finches, bulbuls, Forktails, Tits, wagtails and Eagles.
www.himalayanfoundation.org /National_Park.html   (4003 words)

  
 birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
Parambikulam - Periyar is well located as a centre for seeing most of these ornithological specialties of the Western Ghats, as well as large numbers of other resident hill species and migrants.
In deciduous forest around Thekkady the commonest species in mixed foraging flocks are, in descending order Racket-tailed Drongo, Scarlet Minivet, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Bronzed Drongo, Grey Tit, Golden-backed Woodpeckers, White-bellied Treepie, Jungle Babbler, Indian Rufus Treepie, Yellow-browed Bulbul, Large Wood Shrike, Ashy Drongo, Small Minivet, Gold-fronted Leafbird, Small Green Barbet and a variety of Flowerpeckers.
Almost all species recorded in the sanctuary can be seen at one time or another in the Tourist Zone, although it is necessary to climb to the grassy hilltops find some, such as Brown Pipit and Pied Bush Chat.
www.fatbirder.net /links_geo/asia/india_kerala.html   (2222 words)

  
 Black-headed Ibis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In northern India there are four common Turdoides babblers; Common T. caudatus, Striated T. earlei, Jungle T. striatus and Large Grey T. malcolmi.
The two larger babblers are both rather greyer looking, much less obviously streaked and much noisier.
The bill is bright yellow, the head whitish grey and most strikingly the rather broad tail is contrastingly dark brown.
www.laburnumindia.com /babbler/bird.htm   (395 words)

  
 Southern India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
We are likely to encounter many species, including Rufous-bellied Babbler, Red Spurfowl, Grey-headed Bulbul and Malabar Whistling-Thrush.
This is a likely area for the endemic Nilgiri Tahr, a large wild goat which can be amazingly tame and approachable.
Wild Elephant, Wild Boar and Sambar Deer are very likely, and in the past we've seen Smooth Indian Otters gambolling along the shore line, and a herd of the magnificent Gaur.
www.naturalist.co.uk /tours2000/sindia.htm   (1297 words)

  
 Birds of India :Trip Report to Andaman Islands~ Anand Prasad
Black-tailed Godwit (50+), Marsh Sandpiper, Pied Avocet (regular here), Yellow-billed Babbler, Rufous Treepie, Black-rumped Flameback, Asian Brown Flycatcher and Blue-tailed Bee-eater were, I am afraid, the most interesting species I saw.
The eastern end of the garden has a gate in the wall, which is opened before dusk for the very civilised pastime of sea watching at sunset.
Most birds had a grey head with a pale supercilium, lime green mantle and yellow vent and throat (some with white belly, some yellow).
www.kolkatabirds.com /tripreportandamans.htm   (5701 words)

  
 Soutern India
The park is situated in the lowlands at the foot of the Nilgiris.
During our stay we shall concentrate on the mixed and evergreen forest close to Top Slip itself and some of the species we hope to see are Malabar Grey Hornbill, Crimson-fronted Barbet, Yellow-browed Bulbul, Dark-fronted Babbler, White-bellied Blue Flycatcher, Black-throated Munia and Wynaad Laughingthrush.
As a result of its wide range of habitats Periyar boasts an impressive list of resident species including about half the peninsular endemics and near-endemics.
www.ornifolks.org /Ornifolks/Future%20trips/S_India05.htm   (1366 words)

  
 South India Tour, 2003
Our tour ranges from the beautiful forests of Goa, to the submontane rain forests and montane forests of the Western Ghats of S.W. India, the thorn scrub of Tamil Nadu, and to the tropical rain forests of the Andaman Islands.
Here we'll be looking for: White-eyed Buzzard, Jerdon's and Indian Nightjars, Tawny-bellied Babbler, Spot-breasted Fantail, and other birds of the thorn scrub.
GINGEE (19 January) is a spectacularly picturesque area of rocky hills with scattered thorn scrub and 3 medieval forts perched on them.
www.kingbirdtours.com /itineraries/sindia03it.html   (2114 words)

  
 Birding Trip Report to Sri Lanka, March - April 2001
We didn't, but still saw Brown-capped Babbler, the endemic subspecies (or species depending on which taxonomy you follow) of Black-crested Bulbul and excellent views of an adult Black Eagle hunting over the forest.
Paddyfield Pipits, Pied Bushcats and Fan-tailed Warblers were common, and we also saw Pacific Swallow, Yellow-eared Bulbuls, Indian Scimitar Babbler and two Munias in flight which may well have been the endemic Black-throated Munia but unfortunately we could not get better views.
The forest is the largest remaining area of primary rainforest in Sri Lanka, although interestingly most of the birding is done in secondary forest.
www.bubo.org /trips/srilan02.htm   (6266 words)

  
 AVIFAUNA - Picchio Verde. . . l'altro web site
Parrotbills: The Parrotbills have been treated as a family, Paradoxornithidae, but appear to be babblers, although the affinities of Panurus biarmicus remain uncertain.
Coastal lowlands and hills from nw Oregon to nw Baja California; in California inland to inner coast ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
The Wrentit is the only babbler in the New World.
www.scricciolo.com /classificazione/passeriformes21.htm   (4138 words)

  
 KingBird Tours - Sri Lanka Reports
Two days later, while walking at noon in Sinharaja Forest, a pair of Ceylon Spurfowl stepped out onto the road and walked a few meters in full view before disappearing into the forest, giving us good views.
Had 35 trip birds in less than 2 hours including 4 Black Bittern, 6 Yellow Bittern and many Purple Swamphens.
A fruiting tree had Brown-headed Barbet, Crimson-fronted Barbet, White-browed Bulbul and Yellow-billed Babbler.
www.kingbirdtours.com /reports/srilanka99re.html   (3547 words)

  
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Turdoides affinis Yellow-billed Babbler Whiteheaded Babbler Valley School area, Banglore.
Turdoides caudatus Common Babbler Turdoides earlei Striated Babbler Grass river-island at Okhla Barrage.
Turdoides malcolmi Large Grey Babbler (S) Turdoides striatus Jungle Babbler Zosterops palpebrosus Oriental White-eye White-eye Megalaima haemacephala Coppersmith Barbet (S) Megalaima viridis White-cheeked Barbet Small Green Barbet Megalaima zeylanica Brown-headed Barbet Large Green Barbet Dinopium benghalense Black-rumped Flameback Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker Sadly only one sighting.
www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/Delhi-Banglore96.html   (2512 words)

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