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- taxon name
- Argya striata
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- short name
- A. striata
- taxon author citation
- (Dumont, 1823)
- Commons category
- Argya striata
- egg incubation period
- 15
- described by source
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature...
- type locality (biology)
- Bengal
- taxon common name
- zaragateiro-do-mato
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Encyclopedic overview
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, Turdoides rufescens, of Sri Lanka was considered to be a subspecies of jungle babbler, but has now been elevated to a species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jungle Babbler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.