Yellow-eyed Babbler

Latin Name: 
Chrysomma sinense
Category: 
Size: 
18cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Rufous-brown above; whitish lores, short supercilium; yellow eye (iris) and orange-yellow eye-rim distinctive at close range; cinnamon wings; long, graduated tail; white below, tinged pale fulvous on flanks and abdomen. Pairs or small bands in tall grass and undergrowth; noisy but skulking, suddenly  clambering into view for a few seconds, before vanishing once again; works its way along stems and leaves, hunting insects; short, jerky flight.

Habitat: 
scrub, tall grass, cultivation, edges of forest.
Food: 
insects, larvae; also flower nectar.
Distribution: 
subcontinent, from the Himalayan foothills south; absent in arid parts of Rajasthan
Call: 
Call Description: 
noisy when breeding (mostly rains); melodious, whistling notes; also a mournful cheep…cheep call.
National Status: