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Dark-fronted Babbler

Dumetia atriceps (Jerdon, TC 1839)

The dark-fronted babbler is an Old World babbler found in the Western Ghats of India and the forests of Sri Lanka. They are small chestnut brown birds with a dark black cap, a whitish underside and pale yellow iris. They forage in flocks in the undergrowth of forests constantly making calls and uttering alarm calls when disturbed. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Timaliidae
Genus:
   Dumetia
Scientific:
  Dumetia atriceps

Original description

Citation:
  (Jerdon, TC 1839)

Reference:
   Madras J. Lit. Sci. 10 p.250

Protonym:
  B[rachypteryx]. atriceps

Type locality:
  Trichur, Wadakkancheri, Coonoor, and the Wynaad, southwestern India; restricted to the Wynaad, by Whistler, 1935, in Ali and Whistler, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 38, p. 82.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176770#page/274/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B517FCCCD172E913

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B517FCCC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B517FCCC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562775

Geographic range:

  • Dumetia atriceps atriceps: Central India (Western Ghats from Bombay to Nilgiri Hills)
  • Dumetia atriceps bourdilloni: Hill forests of sw India (Kerala)
  • Dumetia atriceps siccata: Arid north, east and central hills of Sri Lanka
  • Dumetia atriceps nigrifrons: Wet lowlands of sw Sri Lanka
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Dark-fronted Babbler
Catalan:
timalí encaputxat
Czech:
timálie černohlavá
Danish:
Sorthovedet Timalie
German:
Kapuzentyrannentimalie
Spanish:
Timalí Frentinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Timalí Frentinegro
Finnish:
mustapäätimali
French:
Timalie à tête noire
Croatian:
bjeloprsi drozdalj
Italian:
Garrulo frontescura
Japanese (romaji):
zuguroindochimedori
Japanese:
ズグロインドチメドリ
Lithuanian:
Juodagalvė timalija
Dutch:
Zwartvoorhoofdbabbelaar
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svarthettetimal
Norwegian:
Svarthettetimal
Polish:
kurtnik czarnoczelny
Portuguese:
tagarela-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal):
timali-de-cabeça-preta
Russian:
Капюшонная тимелия
Slovak:
timália tmavočelá
Swedish:
svarthuvad timalia
Ukrainian:
куртник чорнолобий
Chinese:
黑头鹛
Chinese (Traditional):
黑頭鶥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Timalie à tête noire ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Timalie à tête noire ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black-headed Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-headed Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-headed Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-headed Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-headed Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Rhopocichla atriceps [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Rhopocichla atriceps [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Rhopocichla atriceps [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Rhopocichla atriceps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Dark-fronted Babbler ( Dumetia atriceps) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Rhopocichla atriceps [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Rhopocichla atriceps [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: timalí encaputxat
Czech: timálie černohlavá, Timálie cernokorunkatá
Danish: Sorthovedet Timalie
German: Kapuzentimalie, Kapuzen-Timalie, Kapuzentyrannentimalie
English: Black-fronted Babbler, Black-headed Babbler, Dark fronted Babbler, Dark-fronted Babbler
English, HBW: Dark-fronted Babbler
English (IOC): Dark-fronted Babbler
English (United States): Dark-fronted Babbler
Spanish: Timalí Frentinegro
Spanish (Spain): Timalí Frentinegro
Spanish (HBW): Dark-fronted Babbler
Finnish: Mustapäätimali
French: Timalie à capuchon, Timalie à tête noire
Croatian: bjeloprsi drozdalj
Italian: Garrulo frontescura, Garrulo testanera
Japanese (romaji): zuguroindochimedori
Japanese: ズグロインドチメドリ
Scientific: B[rachypteryx] atriceps, Brachypteryx atriceps, Dumetia atriceps, Rhopocichla atriceps, Rhopocichla atriceps atriceps
Lithuanian: Juodagalvė timalija
Malayalam: പൊടിച്ചിലപ്പൻ, പൊടിച്ചിലപ്പന്‍ 
Dutch: Zwartkapbabbelaar, Zwartvoorhoofdbabbelaar
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svarthettetimal
Norwegian: Svarthettetimal
Polish: kurtnik czarnoczelny
Portuguese: tagarela-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): timali-de-cabeça-preta
Russian: Капюшонная тимелия, Черноголовая тимелия, Черноголовый бабблер
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Wathanduru Panduru-demalichcha
Slovak: timália tmavočelá
Swedish: Svarthuvad timalia
Tamil: Karunthalai Silamban
Turkish: Kara başlı timalya
Ukrainian: Баблер чорнолобий, куртник чорнолобий
Chinese: 黑头鹛
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭鶥

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