Dusky Babbler
Turdoides tenebrosa(Hartlaub, KJG, 1883)
English (US) Dusky Babbler
The Dusky Babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa) 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: northeastern Central African Republic to northwestern Uganda and southwestern EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turdoides tenebrosa
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dusky Babbler
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Crateropus tenebrosus
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1883)
- Type locality
- Kudurma [lat. 4° 45' N., long. 29°35'E.], Sudan.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 31, no.164 p.425
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Laughingthrushes and Allies
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Turdoides hindei
Scaly Babbler
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Arrow-marked Babbler
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Bare-cheeked Babbler
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White-headed Babbler
Turdoides leucocephala
Blackcap Babbler
Turdoides reinwardtii
Southern Pied Babbler
Turdoides bicolor
Hartlaub's Babbler
Turdoides hartlaubii
Black-lored Babbler
Turdoides sharpei
Black-faced Babbler
Turdoides melanops
Northern Pied Babbler
Turdoides hypoleuca
Spot-breasted Laughingthrush
Garrulax merulinus
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