Rufous babbler

Rufous babbler
Calls near roost site (Coorg, India)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Argya
Species:
A. subrufa
Binomial name
Argya subrufa
(Jerdon, 1839)
Synonyms

Turdoides subrufus
Layardia subrufa
Timalia subrufa
Turdoides subrufa
Timalia poecilorhyncha

The rufous babbler (Argya subrufa) is an endemic species of bird found in the Western Ghats of southern India of the family Leiothrichidae It is dark brown and long tailed, and is usually seen foraging in noisy groups along open hillsides with a mixture of grass, bracken and forest.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Argya subrufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716392A94493532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716392A94493532.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.