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Yellow-billed Babblers
Turdoides affinis taprobanusi
An adult Yellow-billed Babbler preening a baby. These are 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.
Posted on September 19, 2008 at 8:27 am in Uncategorized.
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