Pin-striped Tit-Babbler (Mixornis gularis)
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Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

Mixornis gularis (Horsfield, 1822)

≈12 cmLength12 gWeight

It has a yellowish supercilium, a rufous crown and a yellow throat with brown streaks.

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

  1. Pale yellow supercilium
  2. Rufous crown
  3. Yellow throat with brown streaks

Voice

A loud, repeated “chonk-chonk-chonk”, somewhat like Common Tailorbird.

Where and when it's recorded

Pin-striped Tit-Babbler has been recorded at 428 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Dairy Farm Nature ParkSingapore1,705 records
  2. Singapore Botanic GardensSingapore1,166 records
  3. Gunung Panti Recreational Forest – Panti Bird Sanctuary and North AreaMalaysia1,092 records
More places
  1. Kaeng Krachan NP – stream crossings 1–3Thailand968 records
  2. Central Catchment Nature ReserveSingapore956 records
  3. Kaeng Krachan NPThailand900 records
  4. Taksin Maharat NP – headquarters vicinityThailand723 records
  5. MacRitchie Reservoir ParkSingapore719 records
  6. Garbhanga Reserve ForestIndia694 records
  7. Kaeng Krachan NP – Ban Krang CampgroundsThailand682 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandSingaporeMalaysiaIndiaCambodiaVietnamChinaBangladesh

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 pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that is found in South and Southeast Asia.

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Questions

How big is the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler?

The Pin-striped Tit-Babbler is about ≈12 cm long and weighs around 12 g.

Where does the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Nepal and eastern Indian Peninsula to southern China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Palawan group (southwestern Philippines). It is most often recorded in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.

When is the best time to see the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in February and March (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler as Least Concern.

What does the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler in?

It belongs to the family Babblers, Scimitar Babblers (Timaliidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
≈12 cm
Weight
12 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
56 mm
Tail
52 mm
Bill
14 mm
Tarsus
17 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: Nepal and eastern Indian Peninsula to southern China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Palawan group (southwestern Philippines)

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Subspecies · 2
  • Mixornis gularis sulphureus e Myanmar, w Thailand and sw Yunnan (s China)
  • Mixornis gularis lutescens se Yunnan (s China), n, ne Thailand and n Indochina

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Genus
Mixornis

Other birds in the genus Mixornis

Grey-faced Tit-BabblerGrey-faced Tit-BabblerMixornis kelleyiGrey-cheeked Tit-BabblerGrey-cheeked Tit-BabblerMixornis flavicollisKangean Tit-BabblerKangean Tit-BabblerMixornis prillwitziBold-striped Tit-BabblerBold-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis bornensisChestnut-capped BabblerChestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileataTawny-bellied BabblerTawny-bellied BabblerDumetia hyperythraDark-fronted BabblerDark-fronted BabblerDumetia atricepsFluffy-backed Tit-BabblerFluffy-backed Tit-BabblerMacronus ptilosusBrown Tit-BabblerBrown Tit-BabblerMacronus striaticepsGolden BabblerGolden BabblerCyanoderma chrysaeum
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

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