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Yellow-billed Babbler

Turdoides affinis taprobanusi

By far the noisiest bird I have ever come across. They are able to drive even the calmest person insane once they start their racket if they see a predetor within their line of vission (I can even hear them now). Yellow-billed Babblers are social birds, with each flock consisting of 7-10 birds, though I have almost always seen no more than 7. Mostly found in South Asia, they belong to the group of Old World babblers which can be identified by fluffy plummage. The birds are mostly a brownish-grey, but the subspeciesTurdoides affinis taprobanusi belonging to Sri Lanka has a slightly rofous belly.

Found this nursery rhyme that funnily fit nicely with the number of birds in a flock:

One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret
Never to be told.

Posted on July 21, 2008 at 9:51 am in Uncategorized.