Puff-throated Babbler

How to identify

Field marks

1. Chestnut crown
2. Long, pale yellowish-brown supercilium above eye
3. White throat, sometimes puffed out
4. Brown upperparts; white underparts with bold brown streaks on breast and belly

Voice

A series of whistles rising in pitch, transcribed by some as “he'll beat you” or “pret-ty-sweet”.

Where and when it's recorded

Puff-throated Babbler has been recorded at 337 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia3,310 records
2. Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia2,241 records
3. Valley SchoolIndia1,660 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaThailandVietnamChinaCambodiaNepalBangladeshMalaysia

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 puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps) is a species of passerine bird found in Asia. They are found in scrub and moist forest mainly in hilly regions. They forage in small groups on the forest floor, turning around leaf litter to find their prey and usually staying low in the undergrowth where they can be hard to spot.

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