Black-faced babbler

Turdoides melanops

The black-faced babbler is a species of songbird in the family Leiothrichidae. It was once it was considered conspecific with the black-lored babbler, ''A. sharpei.'' As defined here, it occurs in northwestern Botswana, northern Namibia, and Angola. Like other ''Turdoides'', it is found low or on the ground in or near dense woody vegetation, including in cultivated areas.
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Appearance

Black-faced babblers are 21 to 25 cm long. Birds are largely grayish brown with geographically and individually variable white mottling, especially below. The combination of pale yellow or white eyes and black lores separates this species from similar babblers, though all juvenile babblers have brown eyes.

The calls are described as "A nasal 'wha-wha-wha' and a harsh, fast 'papapapa'."

Behavior

They forage in leaf litter and are "much more furtive than the other babblers".

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyLeiothrichidae
GenusTurdoides
SpeciesT. melanops
Photographed in
Namibia