Yellow-billed Babbler

Yellow-billed Babbler

Turdoides affinis

5–10% · Rare
overall probability at Nagarhole National Park
64 Verified records at Nagarhole National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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 Nagarhole National Park, based on 64 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Nagarhole National Park

Jungle Babbler

Jungle Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides striata

40–50% · Likely
Rufous Babbler

Rufous Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides subrufa

5–10% · With luck
Common Babbler

Common Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides caudata

Insufficient data
Large Grey Babbler

Large Grey Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides malcolmi

Insufficient data
Red-whiskered Bulbul
LC

Red-whiskered Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus jocosus

60–70% · Likely
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
LC

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus paradiseus

50–60% · Likely
Jungle Myna
LC

Jungle Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Acridotheres fuscus

50–60% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

50–60% · Likely
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

50–60% · Likely
Black Drongo
LC Endemic

Black Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus macrocercus

40–50% · Likely
Southern Hill Myna
LC

Southern Hill Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Gracula indica

40–50% · Likely
Purple-rumped Sunbird
LC

Purple-rumped Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptocoma zeylonica

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
50–60%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
3 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
4 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
5 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
6 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
7 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
8 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
9 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-billed Babbler in Nagarhole National Park?

About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Babbler sighting in Nagarhole National Park, based on 64 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Yellow-billed Babbler in Nagarhole National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-billed Babbler in Nagarhole National Park in our monthly data.

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