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Turdoides caudata (Common babbler)

Synonyms: Argya caudata; Argya caudata caudata; Turdoides caudatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The common babbler (Turdoides caudata) is a member of the Leiothrichidae family. They are found in dry open scrub country mainly in India. Two populations are recognized as subspecies and the populations to the west of the Indus river system are now usually treated as a separate species, the Afghan babbler (Turdoides huttoni). The species is distinctly long-tailed, slim with an overall brown or greyish colour, streaked on the upper plumage and having a distinctive whitish throat.
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Infraspecies

Turdoides caudata caudata
Turdoides caudata eclipes

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
8
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.66122
EDGE Score: 1.2978
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  39 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  40 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  2
Fledging [1]  14 days
Incubation [3]  14 days

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Prey / Diet

Capparis decidua[3]
Setariola sericea (pearl-millet)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)1
Francolinus pondicerianus (Grey Francolin)2
Galerida cristata (Crested Lark)1
Ploceus philippinus (Baya Weaver)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anonchotaenia caudatai <Unverified Name>[5]
Hymenolepis caudata <Unverified Name>[5]
Mogheia caudatusae <Unverified Name>[5]
Mogheia turdoides <Unverified Name>[5]
Valipora marathwadensis <Unverified Name>[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0