Slender-billed babbler
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| Species: | T. longirostris
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| Turdoides longirostris (Moore, 1854)
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Argya longirostris | |
The Slender-billed Babbler (Turdoides longirostris) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is found in India, Nepal, and possibly Myanmar. I possesses a slender bill and makes a babbling noise, hence the name slander billed babbler. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.