Turdoides genus of passerine birds in the Leiothrichidae family. It contains about 30 species distributed across Africa and southern Asia . They are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups. The majority of species have drab brown or grey-brown plumage.
The genus contains the following species:
Common babbler (Turdoides caudata ) Afghan babbler (Turdoides huttoni ) Iraq babbler (Turdoides altirostris ) Scaly chatterer (Turdoides aylmeri ) Southern pied babbler (Turdoides bicolor ) Striated babbler (Turdoides earlei ) Fulvous babbler (Turdoides fulva ) White-throated babbler (Turdoides gularis ) Bare-cheeked babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys ) Hartlaub's babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii )Hinde's babbler (Turdoides hindei )Northern pied babbler (Turdoides hypoleuca )Arrow-marked babbler (Turdoides jardineii )White-headed babbler (Turdoides leucocephala )White-rumped babbler (Turdoides leucopygia )Slender-billed babbler (Turdoides longirostris ) Large grey babbler (Turdoides malcolmi ) Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps ) Black-faced babbler (Turdoides melanops )Spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis )Brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus )Blackcap babbler (Turdoides reinwardtii )Rufous chatterer (Turdoides rubiginosa ) Black-lored babbler (Turdoides sharpei )Scaly babbler (Turdoides squamulata )Jungle babbler (Turdoides striata ) Orange-billed babbler (Turdoides rufescens ) Yellow-billed babbler (Turdoides affinis ) Rufous babbler (Turdoides subrufa ) Dusky babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa )
