Yellow-billed Babbler

Yellow-billed Babbler

Turdoides affinis

50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Yala National Park
624 Verified records at Yala National Park
May 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 →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Babbler sighting in Yala National Park, based on 624 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Yala National Park

Orange-billed Babbler

Orange-billed Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides rufescens

Insufficient data
Indian Robin

Indian Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicoloides fulicatus

60–70% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

50–60% · Likely
White-browed Fantail
LC

White-browed Fantail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhipidura aureola

50–60% · Likely
Barn Swallow
LC

Barn Swallow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hirundo rustica

40–50% · Likely
Purple-rumped Sunbird
LC

Purple-rumped Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptocoma zeylonica

40–50% · Likely
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
LC

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Terpsiphone paradisi

40–50% · Likely
Black-hooded Oriole
LC Endemic

Black-hooded Oriole

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Oriolus xanthornus

40–50% · Likely
White-browed Bulbul
LC Endemic

White-browed Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pycnonotus luteolus

40–50% · Likely
Common Iora
LC

Common Iora

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aegithina tiphia

40–50% · Likely
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

40–50% · Likely
Common Tailorbird
LC

Common Tailorbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Orthotomus sutorius

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
50–60
Feb
50–60
Mar
60–70
Apr
70–80
May
50–60
Jun
50–60
Jul
40–50
Aug
60–70
Sep
50–60
Oct
60–70
Nov
60–70
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 Yala National Park?

About 59% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Babbler sighting in Yala National Park, based on 624 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

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

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