Dark-fronted Babbler

The Dark-fronted Babbler is an Old World babbler found in the Western Ghats of India and the forests of Sri Lanka. They are tiny chestnut brown birds with a dark black cap, a whitish underside and pale yellow iris. They forage in flocks in the undergrowth of forests constantly making calls and uttering alarm calls when disturbed.

The Dark-fronted Babbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Dark-fronted Babbler (Rhopocichla atriceps) is an Old World babbler found in the Western Ghats of India and the forests of Sri Lanka. They are tiny chestnut brown birds with a dark black cap, a whitish underside and pale yellow iris. They forage in flocks in the undergrowth of forests constantly making calls and uttering alarm calls when disturbed. More

of dark-fronted babblers feeding in a flowering bamboo thicket along with brown-cheeked fulvettas. Some anticipation of the flock's direction of movement coupled with curiosity on the part of the bird to our 'machine-gun' (according to our guide Pankaj Lad) shutter clicks resulted in this shot. 14 March 2010 Cheers, Garima IMG_5763_filtered. More

Dark-fronted Babbler (Rhopocichla atriceps) is a local resident in western ghats of India. More

The Dark-fronted Babbler, Rhopocichla atriceps, is an Old World babbler. The Old World babblers are a large family of passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in southeast Asia. The Dark-fronted Babbler is a resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka, and in the Western Ghats of southern India. Its habitat is dense forest undergrowth and bamboo jungle. This species, like most babblers, is not migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight. More