White-headed Babbler
Turdoides leucocephalaCretzschmar, PJ, 1826
English (US) White-headed Babbler
The White-headed Babbler (Turdoides leucocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: thornscrub of eastern Sudan to northwestern Ethiopia and northern EritreaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turdoides leucocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-headed Babbler
- Described by
- Cretzschmar, PJ, 1826
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Cretzschmar, PJ, 1826
- Type locality
- Sennar [= Blue Nile Province, Sudan].
- Original description
- Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung. Zoologie. Vögel (1826) p.6 pl.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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