The ground babblers are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The entire family was previously included in the Timaliidae. It is not settled what genus should belong to
Pellorneidae. Some put genus
Alcippe in this family; Clements puts them in Leiothrichidae.
Genus Gampsorhynchus
Babbler,_Collared Gampsorhynchus torquatus Found: Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
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Francesco_Veronesi
Babbler, White-hooded Gampsorhynchus rufulus Found: Asia
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Pkspks - India
2, 3)
Darren Bellerby - Edward Youde Aviary, Hong Kong
1) Juvenile
Genus Graminicola
Grassbird,_Chinese Graminicola striatus Found: China, Hong Kong, Myanmar
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David Fisher - Myanmar
Grassbird,_Indian Graminicola bengalensis Found: Bangladesh, Bhutan , India, Nepal
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Jyotendra_Jyu_Thakuri
Genus Illadopsis
Illadopsis is Greek for
thrush - implying these babblers have a thrush-like appearance. All are found in tropical Africa.
Babbler,_Thrush Illadopsis turdina Found: south-central Africa
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Nigel_Voaden - Cameroon
Illadopsis,_Black-capped Illadopsis cleaveri Found: Africa
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John_Gerrard_Keulemans
Illadopsis, Brown Illadopsis fulvescens Found: Africa
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Dick Daniels in Tanzania
Illadopsis, Pale-breasted Illadopsis rufipennis Found: Africa
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Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
KD Dijkstra - Tanzania
Illadopsis,_Puvel's Illadopsis puveli Found: Africa
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David_Cook - Uganda 2)
Miichael_And_Helen_Cox
Illadopsis,_Rufous-winged Illadopsis rufescens Found: Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal
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hbw.com
Illadopsis,_Scaly-breasted Illadopsis albipectus Found: Africa
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Biodiversity_Heritage_Library 2)
Ken_Behrens
Illadopsis,_Mountain Illadopsis pyrrhoptera Found: Africa
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hbw.com 2)
jbates606
Genus Jabouilleia
Babbler,_Short-tailed_Scimitar- Jabouilleia danjoui also
Napothera danjoui Found: Laos, Vietnam
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Janos_Otah - Vietnam
Genus Kenopia - 1 species
Babbler,_Striped_Wren- Kenopia striata Found: Borneo, Thailand
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Marcel_Holyoak
Genus Malacocincla
Babbler,_Abbott's Malacocincla abbotti also
Turdinus abbottiFound: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Dave Curtis - Thailand 2)
Francesco_Veronesi 3)
Rushenb
Babbler,_Black-browed Malacocincla perspicillata also
Turdinus perspicillatus Found: Borneo
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Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center
Babbler,_Horsfield's Malacocincla sepiaria also
Turdinus sepiarius Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Mike Prince - Borneo 2)
Simin_Tonge - Malaysia
Genus Malacopteron
The Malacopteron babblers are found in Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines.
Babbler,_Gray-breasted Malacopteron albogulare Found: Indonesia, Malaysia
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Con_Foley - Malaysia
Babbler,_Melodious also
Palawan Babbler Malacopteron palawanense Found: southwest Philippines
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1, 2) carlo_benitez_gomez
Babbler,_Moustached Malacopteron magnirostre Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Sergey_Pisarevskiy - Malaysia 2)
Sabine's_Sunbird
Babbler,_Rufous-crowned Malacopteron magnum Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
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Opisska - Malaysia
Babbler,_Scaly-crowned Malacopteron cinereum Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Francesco_Veronesi - Thailand
Babbler,_Sooty-capped Malacopteron affine Found: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Mike_Price - Borneo 2)
Peter_Ericsson - Indonesia
Genus Napothera
The "wren-babblers" of family
Pnoepygidae (Wren-Babblers) are not closely related to the "wren-babblers" of family
Pellorneidae (Ground-Babblers).
Babbler,_Black-throated_Wren- Napothera atrigularis also
Turdinus atrigularisFound: Borneo
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Janos_Olah
Babbler,_Eyebrowed_Wren- Napothera epilepidota Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
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Francesco_Veronesi
Babbler,_Large_Wren- Napothera macrodactyla also
Turdinus macrodactylus Found: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
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Tony_Sawbridge
Babbler,_Limestone_Wren- Napothera crispifrons also
Turdinus crispifrons Found: China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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Francesco_Veronesi 2)
Dave_Curtis - Thailand
Babbler,_Marbled_Wren Napothera marmorata also
Turdinus marmoratusFound: Indonesia, Malaysia
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James_Eaton 2)
David_Bakewell
Babbler,_Mountain_Wren- Napothera crassa also
Turdinus crassusFound: Borneo
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Mike_Prince
Babbler,_Rusty-breasted_Wren- Napothera rufipectus also
Turdinus rufipectusFound: Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Boas_Emmanuel
Babbler,_Streaked_Wren- Napothera brevicaudata also
Turdinus brevicaudatusFound: southeastern Asia, Malaysia
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1, 2) Naturelly - Thailand 3)
Dave Curtis - Thailand
Genus Pellorneum
Babbler,_Ashy-headed Pellorneum cinereiceps also
Malacocincla cinereiceps Found: Philippines
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1, 2) Backk67 - Palawan
Babbler,_Black-capped Pellorneum capistratum Found: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand.
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W.A. Djatmiko - West Java (Indonesia) 2)
Marcel_Holyoak - Borneo
Babbler,_Brown-capped Pellorneum fuscocapillus Found: Sri Lanka
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Steve Garvie 2)
Lip_kee
Babbler_Buff-breasted Pellorneum tickelli Found: southeast Asia, Malaysia
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John_Gerrard_Keulemans 2)
Apisit_Wilaijit - thailand
Babbler,_Ferrugininous Pellorneum bicolor also
Trichastoma bicolor Found: southeast Asai, Indonesia
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Francesco_Veronesi - Thailand
Babbler,_Marsh Pellorneum palustre Found: Banglades, India
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John_Gould 2)
Jainy_Kuriakose - Assam, India
Babbler,_Puff-throated Pellorneum ruficeps Found: southeast Asia, Malaysia
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JJ Harrison - Thailand 2)
Shrikant_Rao - Bangalore 3)
Vijay_Ismavel 4)
Koshy_Koshy
Babbler,_Short-tailed Pellorneum malaccense also
Malacocincla malaccensis Found: Borneo, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Thailand
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Lip Kee 2)
Naturelly - Singapore 3)
Budak
Babbler,_Spot-throated Pellorneum albiventre Found: southeast Asia
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Dhanatas_Thovanich - Thailand 2)
Jainy_Kuriakose - India
Babbler,_Sulawesi Pellorneum celebense also
Trichastoma celebense Found: Indonesia
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Francesco_Veronesi - Sulawesi
Babbler,_Sumatran Pellorneum buettikoferi Found: Indonesia
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Agus_Nurza - Sumatra, Indonesia
Babbler,_Temminck's Pellorneum pyrrogenys Found: Indonesia, Malaysia
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James_Eaton
Babbler,_White-chested Pellorneum rostratum also
Trichastoma rostratum Found: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand
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Michael_Woodruff - Malaysia
Genus Ptilocichla
The wren-babblers.
Babbler,_Bornean_Wren- Ptilocichla leucogrammica Found: Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia)
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Gary_Albert 2)
Mike_Prince
Babbler_Falcated_Wren- Ptilocichla falcata Found: Philippines
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1, 2) carlo_benitez_gomez
Babbler,_Striated_Wren- Ptilocichla mindanensis Found: Philippines
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unknown
Genus Rimator
Babbler,_Long-billed_Wren- Rimator malacoptilus also
Napothera malacoptila Found: southeast Asia
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1, 2) Umeshsrinivasan - India
Babbler,_Sumatran_Wren- Rimator albostriatus also
Napothera albostriata Found: Sumatra (Indonesia)
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James_Eaton
Babbler,_White-throated_Wren- Rimator pasquieri also
Napothera pasquieriFound: Vietnam
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Lan_Craik
Genus Schoeniparus
The birds in this genus are called fulvettas. They are found in Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, Malaysia. They are not close relatives of the "typical" fulvettas, which are in the genus Fulvetta of the family
Paradoxornithidae or family
Sylviidae. The species below are assigned by Clements to
Schoeniparus. Clements puts other fulvettas in genus
Alcippe..
Fulvetta,_Black-crowned Schoeniparus klossi also
Alcippe klossi Found: Vietnam
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Christopher_Hill
Fulvetta, Dusky Schoeniparus brunneus also
Alcippe brunnea Found: China, Taiwan
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1, 3) Lin_Sun_Fong - Taiwan 2)
Kevin Lin 4)
Hank
Fulvetta_Rufous-throated Schoeniparus rufogularis also
Alcippe rufogularis Found: Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia
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LonelyShrimp - Thailand
Fulvetta,_Rufous-winged Schoeniparus castaneceps also
Alcippe castaneceps Found: Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, Malaysia
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Francesco_Veronesi - Bhutan 2)
LonelyShrimp 3) Dave_Curtis - Thailand
Fulvetta,_Rusty-capped Schoeniparus dubius also
Alcippe dubia Found: Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
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Dibyendu_Ash - India
Fulvetta,_Yellow-throated Schoeniparus cinereus also
Alcippe cinerea Found: Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia
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Dibyendu_Ash - India 2)
Umeshsrinivasan 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - India