| Dark-fronted babbler | |
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| Dumetia atriceps nigrifrons at Kanneliya Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Dumetia |
| Species: | D. atriceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Dumetia atriceps (Jerdon, 1839)
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The dark-fronted babbler (Dumetia atriceps) is an Old World babbler found in the Western Ghats of India and the forests of Sri Lanka. They are small chestnut brown birds with a dark black cap, a whitish underside and pale yellow iris. They forage in flocks in the undergrowth of forests constantly making calls and uttering alarm calls when disturbed.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dumetia atriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716289A94489395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716289A94489395.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.