Yellow-eyed Babbler

Chrysomma sinense (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

≈15 cmLength17 gWeight

This bird has orange-yellow eye-rings and a white supercilium and often moves in and out of scrub in flocks of five to fifteen.

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Eye-ring orange-yellow; lores and supercilium white
Bill short; tail long and graduated
Upperparts brown; wings cinnamon
Bill black; underparts pale yellowish-white

Male, female and young

Sexes indistinguishable in the field.

Voice

Flocks give constant chirps and trills; breeding-season song is a loud whistled “twee-twee-ta-whit-chu”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Yellow-eyed Babbler has been recorded at 282 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 12 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia1,044 records
Byatarayana Doddi KereIndia762 records
Bhandup Pumping StationIndia728 records

More places

Valley SchoolIndia690 records
Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia500 records
Rishi Valley – School CampusIndia477 records
Manjeera Wildlife SanctuaryIndia473 records
Khem Villas Jungle CampIndia469 records
Pagote – UranIndia468 records
Haiderpur Wetlands and Bijnor BarrageIndia467 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India Sri Lanka Thailand China Nepal Pakistan Myanmar (Burma)Vietnam

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 yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense) is a passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia. It inhabits shrubland, grassland and wetland habitats. On the IUCN Red List, it is listed as Least Concern because of its wide distribution and stable population.

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