Fulvous Babbler (Argya fulva)
About the Fulvous Babbler
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. 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 39 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Jungle BabblerArgya striatarecording
- Rufous BabblerArgya subrufarecording
- Rufous ChattererArgya rubiginosarecording
- Scaly ChattererArgya aylmerirecording
- Yellow-billed BabblerArgya affinisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.