Yellow-billed Babbler
Turdoides affinis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyLeiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies)
- GenusTurdoides (Turdoides Babblers)
- SpeciesTurdoides affinis (Yellow-billed Babbler)
The yellow-billed babbler (Argya affinis) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. The yellow-billed babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land. This species, like most babblers, is not migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight and is usually seen calling and foraging in groups. It is often mistaken for the jungle babbler, whose range overlaps in parts of southern India, although it has a distinctive call and tends to be found in more vegetated habitats. Its name is also confused with Turdoides leucocephala, which is also known as white-headed babbler. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Babbler sighting in Horton Plains National Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Horton Plains National Park
Orange-billed Babbler
Turdoides rufescens
Sri Lanka White-eye
Zosterops ceylonensis
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata
Yellow-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus penicillatus
Hill Swallow
Hirundo domicola
Dull-blue Flycatcher
Eumyias sordidus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
Oriental Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Indian Blackbird
Turdus simillimus
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Sri Lanka Bush-Warbler
Elaphrornis palliseri
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-billed Babbler in Horton Plains National Park?
About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Babbler sighting in Horton Plains National Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow-billed Babbler in Horton Plains National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-billed Babbler in Horton Plains National Park in our monthly data.