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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.
IUCN:
National Status:
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