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Jungle Babbler

Turdoides striata

Description:

They are gregarious birds that forage in small groups of six to ten birds, a habit that has given them the popular name of "Seven Sisters" in urban Northern India, and Saath bhai (seven brothers) in Bengali with cognates in other regional languages which also mean "seven brothers"

Habitat:

The jungle babbler's habitat is forest and farm land.

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6 Comments

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Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 3 years ago

Amazing shot, welcome to Project Noah!

Irandi Munasinghe
Irandi Munasinghe 3 years ago

The photo comes with the sound to me :) Nice spotting!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 3 years ago

Two of the seven. ;-) Nice shot.

MichaelS
MichaelS 3 years ago

Hi Vinayak Gilbile, welcome to Project Noah!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 3 years ago

I remember them from the South - Chennai. They were always very active and chatty. I used to watch them and the squirrels give each other a hard time !

Vinayak Gilbile
Spotted by
Vinayak Gilbile

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Jul 2, 2020
Submitted on Jul 2, 2020

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