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Fulvous Babbler
Turdoides fulva (Desfontaines, 1789)
Also calledsaharaskriketrost (nob)
The fulvous babbler (Argya fulva) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Africa in and on the northwestern and southern fringes of the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region, occurring in Algeria, Chad, Egypt (extreme southeast), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Description
It is 23–25 cm long with a wingspan of 27–30.5 cm. It is plain sandy brown above, with a whitish throat, and the rest of the underparts pale warm brown; the eye is dark, the bill greyish-black, and the legs pale brown.
What it does
Like other Argya babblers, it lives in flocks of typically 5–10 birds, which follow each other noisily with various churring and trilling sounds.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7340566.