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Brown Babbler

Turdoides plebejus (Cretzschmar, PJ 1828)

The brown babbler is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is predominantly found in West Africa, but ranging from the Gambia to Kenya. The species is common across its range. The species is also known as the Sudan babbler. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Leiothrichidae
Genus:
   Turdoides
Scientific:
  Turdoides plebejus

Original description

Citation:
  (Cretzschmar, PJ 1828)

Reference:
   Atlas Reise nördl. Afr. Rüppell, Zool. Vög. (1826) p.35 pl.23

Protonym:
  Ixos plebejus

Type locality:
  Kordofan Province, Sudan.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140783

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6EBDD2D5670A2F31

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6EBDD2D5

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6EBDD2D5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563553

Geographic range:

  • Turdoides plebejus plebejus: northern Nigeria to Cameroon, southern Chad, and central Sudan (Kurdufan)
  • Turdoides plebejus platycirca: Senegal to w Nigeria
  • Turdoides plebejus cinerea: southeastern Nigeria to South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Ethiopia, Uganda, and western Kenya
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Brown Babbler
Catalan:
tordenc d'ales brunes
Czech:
timálie šedohnědá
Danish:
Plebejlarmdrossel
German:
Sudandrosselhäherling
Spanish:
Turdoide Pardo
Spanish (Spain):
Turdoide Pardo
Finnish:
valkosuomutimali
French:
Cratérope brun
Croatian:
ljuskastoglavi drozdalj
Hungarian:
közönséges rigótimália
Italian:
Garrulo bruno
Japanese (romaji):
kibarayabuchimedori
Japanese:
キバラヤブチメドリ
Lithuanian:
Sudaninė strazdinė timalija
Dutch:
Sahelbabbelaar
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Savanneskrikjetrast
Norwegian:
Savanneskriketrost
Polish:
tymal białołuski
Portuguese:
Zaragateiro
Portuguese (Portugal):
zaragateiro-pardo
Russian:
Суданская дроздовка
Slovak:
timáliovec fŕkaný
Serbian:
Smeđa brbljuša
Swedish:
brun skriktrast
Ukrainian:
Кратеропа саванова
Chinese:
非洲褐鸫鹛
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲褐鶇鶥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cratérope brun ( Turdoides plebejus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cratérope brun ( Turdoides plebejus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Turdoides plebejus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Turdoides plebejus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Turdoides [plebejus or leucocephala] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Bruinkatlagter
Belarusian: Суданская драздовая цімелія
Catalan: tordenc d'ales brunes
Czech: timálie šedohnědá, Timálie sudánská
Welsh: Preblyn brown Affrica
Danish: Plebajlarmdrossel, Plebaj-larmdrossel, Plebejlarmdrossel
German: Sudan Drossling, Sudandrosselhäherling, Sudandrossling, Sudanschwatzhäherling, Sundadrossling, Weißkopfdrossling
English: African Brown Babbler, Brown Babbler, Sudan Babbler, Sudan Brown Babbler
English, HBW: Brown Babbler
English (IOC): Brown Babbler
English (Kenya): Brown Babbler
English (United States): Brown Babbler
Esperanto: Bruna moktimalio
Spanish: Turdoide Pardo
Spanish (Spain): Turdoide Pardo
Spanish (HBW): Brown Babbler
Estonian: sudaani vadavädrak
Finnish: Valkosuomutimali
French: Cratérope brun
Irish: Cabaire donn
Galician: Zaragateiro pardo
Croatian: ljuskastoglavi drozdalj
Hungarian: közönséges rigótimália
Italian: Garrulo bruno
Japanese (romaji): kibaramorichimedori, kibarayabuchimedori
Japanese: キバラモリチメドリ, キバラヤブチメドリ
Scientific: Ixos plebejus, Turdoides cordofanicus, Turdoides plebeja, Turdoides plebejus, Turdoides plebejus plebejus
Lithuanian: Sudaninė strazdinė timalija
Dutch: Sahelbabbelaar
Norwegian Nynorsk: Savanneskrikjetrast
Norwegian: Savanneskriketrost
Polish: tymal bialoluski, tymal białołuski
Portuguese: Zaragateiro, Zaragateiro-pardo
Portuguese (Portugal): zaragateiro-pardo
Russian: Суданская дроздовая тимелия, Суданская дроздовка
Slovak: timáliovec fŕkaný
Serbian: Smeđa brbljuša
Swedish: Brun skriktrast, Brunskriktrast
Swahili: Kanghagha Kahawia
Turkish: Kahverengi yedikardeş
Ukrainian: Кратеропа саванова
Chinese: 非洲褐鸫鹛
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲褐鶇鶥

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