Laughingthrushes & Allies

Brown Babbler

Turdoides plebejus

The Brown Babbler (Turdoides plebejus) is a 62 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Laughingthrushes & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

62 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

21

Recorded in Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Benin, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo, Central African Rep., Niger, Chad, Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Angola.

Where to see it: National Park Bamako (Mali); Mali NP (Mali); Niamey, Niger centre / Office (Niger); Coagri, Quinhamel (Guinea-Bissau); Brufut Woods (Gambia).

Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist