List of Southern African Birds - Old World Babbler

Old World Babbler

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Timaliidae

Old World babblers have strong legs, and many are quite terrestrial. This group is not strongly migratory, and most species have short rounded wings, and a weak flight. There are 6 species occur in Southern Africa.

  • Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops
  • Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
  • Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor
  • Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
  • Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys
  • Bush Blackcap Lioptilus nigricapillus

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