Wednesday, February 25, 2009

COMMON BABLER



Scientific Name: Turdoides caudatus

Local Names : Haratemalla, Gigagaarlu hakki

Habitat : Thorn scrub jungle, rambling compounds etc, in semi-desert and dry plains.
Size : Bulbul+23cm

Feeding : Insects, berries, grain and flower nectar.
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Breeding : 3 or 4 eggs

Nesting : Generally between March and July .
Nest-a neat compact cup of grass and rootlets in a low thorny bush

Feathers : Earthy brown babbler, with upper plumage streaked darker.

Egg colour : Turquoise coloured, glossy

Call : A series of short pleasant trilling whistles- “which-which-which- ri-ri-ri-ri-ri.”etc.

Clutch : 6-7


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