Arrow-Marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
Aves › Passeriformes › Leiothrichidae › Turdoides
Conservation status: least_concern
This medium-sized babbler lives in social groups and forages near the ground. Its diet consists of insects, spiders, sometimes snails and lizards, and fruits.
How To Identify
They are moderately sized babblers characterized by overall dull greyish plumage, marked strikingly with black streaks and flashes of yellow on the breast and tail.
Habitat
It inhabits open woodlands, thornbush savannas, and scrubland areas across sub-Saharan Africa, preferring semi-arid regions with scattered trees.
Behaviour
These birds are cooperative breeders that forage together on the ground in noisy, tumbling flocks of 5-15 individuals, constantly probing the soil and leaf litter for insects.
Native Range
It is native to woodlands in the southern Afrotropics. The arrow-marked babbler is native to woodlands in the southern Afrotropics.
Did You Know?
Arrow-marked Babblers are highly social birds that live in tight-knit family groups and communicate through a distinctive cacophony of harsh, chattering calls that can sound like a small flock of birds arguing.
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