Jungle Babbler
Argya striata
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 4,099
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇳 India
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The jungle babbler (Argya striata) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found in the Indian subcontinent. Jungle babblers are gregarious birds that forage in small groups of six to ten birds, a habit that has given them the popular name of "seven sisters" in urban Northern India, and (seven brothers) in Bengali, with cognates in other regional languages which also mean "seven brothers". The jungle babbler is a common resident breeding bird in most parts of the Indian subcontinent and is often seen in gardens within large cities as well as in forested areas. In the past, the orange-billed babbler Argya rufescens of Sri Lanka was considered to be a subspecies of jungle babbler, but has now been elevated to a species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Jungle babbler”.