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Turdoides malcolmi (Large Grey Babbler)

Synonyms: Argya malcolmi (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The large grey babbler (Turdoides malcolmi) is a member of the Leiothrichidae family found in India and Nepal. They are locally common in the scrub, open forest and gardenland. They are usually seen in small groups and are easily distinguished from other babblers in the region by their nasal call and the whitish outer feathers to their long tail. It is one of the largest babblers in the region.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
8
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.62351
EDGE Score: 1.28744
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  76 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  70 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [3]  4

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Prey / Diet

Aulacophora foveicollis (Red pumpkin beetle)[4]
Bithynia tentaculata (mud bithynia)[4]
Cataglyphis bicolor (Sahara Desert ant)[4]
Pardosa birmanica[4]
Rhyzopertha dominica (lesser grain borer)[4]

Predators

Bubo bengalensis (Rock Eagle-owl)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anonchotaenia fotedari <Unverified Name>[6]
Mogheia turdoidesi <Unverified Name>[6]
Mongheia turdoidesi <Unverified Name>[6]
Vampirolepis nagardevlaensis <Unverified Name>[6]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1ALI, S. & S.D. RIPLEY (1983): Handbook of Birds of India and Pakistan. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
♦ 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
♦ 3Jetz 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
♦ 4Feeding ecology of the large grey babbler Turdoides malcolmi, H S TOOR and MANJIT S SAINI, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Anim. Sci.), Vol. 95, No. 4, July 1986, pp. 429-436
♦ 5Pande, S. & N. Dahanukar (2011). The diet of Indian Eagle Owl Bubo bengalensis and its agronomic significance. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(8): 2011–2017.
♦ 6Gibson, 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