Striated babbler

The striated babbler (Argya earlei) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Asia from Pakistan to Myanmar.

Striated babbler
at Mohali, Punjab
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Argya
Species:	A. earlei
Binomial name
Argya earlei (Blyth, 1844)
Synonyms
Argya earlei Argya earlii Turdoides earlii Turdoides earlei

This species was formerly placed in the genus Turdoides but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Argya.^[2][3]

It is omnivorous.^[4]

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Argya earlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716352A131973605. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716352A131973605.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
4. Noreen, Zunaira; Sultan, Khawar (2022). "Habitat Preferences of Birds in Relation to Exotic Trees in Canal Bank Forests Gujranwala, Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 54 (4). doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20201219071224. ISSN 0030-9923.

• 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.