Beijing Babbler

Rhopophilus pekinensis (Swinhoe, 1868)

≈16 cmLength18 gWeight

This slender, small gray-brown bird has a particularly long tail and white eye-rings that give it a staring look.

Busiest months: November–December · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

A thin ring of white feathers around the eye resembles the white of an eye
Distinct black cheek stripe behind bill
Head, back and wings gray with brown streaks
Long chestnut streaks from breast downward

Voice

Very loud, full-toned, drawn-out chirps, like a cat's meow but more forceful; birds often answer one another in duets.

Where and when it's recorded

Beijing Babbler has been recorded at 126 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Lingshan Scenic AreaChina452 records
Baiwangshan Forest ParkChina130 records
Wild Duck LakeChina103 records

More places

BulaotunChina98 records
Daning Reservoir & Adjacent RiverbedChina79 records
HoubajiazhuangChina74 records
Ming Tombs ReservoirChina61 records
Shidu, Juma River PNRChina56 records
YanhechengChina50 records
Dashi RiverChina46 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Beijing babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis), also known as the white-browed Chinese warbler, Chinese hill warbler, or Chinese bush-dweller, is a species of bird in the genus Rhopophilus. It is now thought to be a close relative of the parrotbilss and is placed in the family Paradoxornithidae; previously, it was placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae or Sylviidae. It is found in northern China and North Korea, and formerly occurred in South Korea.

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