Bare-cheeked babbler

Bare-cheeked babbler
An individual in woodland at Ongava Game Reserve in Kunene Region
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Turdoides
Species:
T. gymnogenys
Binomial name
Turdoides gymnogenys
(Hartlaub, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Aethocichla gymnogenis Sharpe, 1883

The bare-cheeked babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

  • Individual at Hobatere, Kunene Region, Namibia
    Individual at Hobatere, Kunene Region, Namibia
  • Two in dry woodland of Kunene Region
    Two in dry woodland of Kunene Region

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Turdoides gymnogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716505A94497304. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716505A94497304.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.