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White-headed Babbler
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White-headed Babbler

also known as Cretzschmar's Babbler
Turdoides leucocephala
BirdNET IDBN13237
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations5
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

The white-headed babbler or Cretzschmar's babbler (Turdoides leucocephala) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Its name is sometimes confused with the yellow-billed babbler, which is alternatively called the white-headed babbler. The name commemorates the German physician and scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar who founded the Senckenberg Natural History Museum.

Translated Descriptions (4)

es wikipedia
El turdoide cabeciblanco (Turdoides leucocephala)​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Leiothrichidae endémica del noreste de África.​​
nl wikipedia
De witkopbabbelaar (Turdoides leucocephala) is een zangvogel uit de familie Leiothrichidae.
sv wikipedia
Vithuvad skriktrast (Turdoides leucocephala) är en fågel i familjen fnittertrastar inom ordningen tättingar.
zh wikipedia
白头鸫鹛（学名：Turdoides leucocephala），是画眉科鸫鹛属的一种，分布于苏丹、厄立特里亚和埃塞俄比亚。全球活动范围约为283,000平方千米。该物种的保护状况被评为无危。 白头鸫鹛的栖息地包括干燥的稀树草原、亚热带或热带低地的干燥疏灌丛和河流、溪流。

Common Names (38 locales)

bg Африканска белоглава тимелия
ca tordenc capblanc
ceb Turdoides leucocephalus
cs timálie bělohlavá
da Hvidhovedet Larmdrossel
de Weißkopf-Drosselhäherling
en White-headed Babbler
es Turdoide Cabeciblanco
es_EC Turdoide Cabeciblanco
es_ES Turdoide cabeciblanco
es_MX Turdoide Cabeciblanco
et karbus-vadavädrak
fa لیکوی سرسفید
fi valkolakkitimali
fr Cratérope à tête blanche
ga Cabaire ceannbhán
hr bjelokapi drozdalj
hu Fehérfejű rigótimália
ja シロガシラヤブチメドリ
lt Baltagalvė strazdinė timalija
nl Witkopbabbelaar
no hvithodeskriketrost
pl tymal białogłowy
pt cretzschmar's babbler
pt_PT Cretzschmar's babbler
ru Белоголовая дроздовка
sk timáliovec savanový
sr Beloglava brbljuša
sv vithuvad skriktrast
tr Ak Başlı Yedikardeş
uk Кратеропа білоголова
war Turdoides leucocephalus
zh White-headed Babbler
zh-cn 白头鸫鹛
zh-hans 白头鸫鹛
zh-hant 白頭鶇鶥
zh-hk 白頭鶇鶥
zh-tw 白頭鶇鶥

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#73534
eBirdcrebab1
Macaulay Librarycrebab1
Xeno-CantoTurdoides leucocephala
GBIF5789015
NCBI2183824
AvibaseTurdoides-leucocephala
BirdLife22716491