How to Identify Leiothrichidae

Key Identification Features

• The calls of the two species are also distinct and unmistakable: jungle babblers have harsh nasal calls, while white-headed babblers produce high pitched calls.
• Another babbler species that occurs in the same urban areas as the jungle babbler is the large grey babbler, but this species has a distinctive long tail with white outer tail feathers.
• When compared to the rusty laughingthrush, the buffy laughingthrush has paler grey underparts, more contrasting rufous wings, broader white tail tips, and distinct black lores.

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