Southern Pied-Babbler
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Southern Pied-Babbler

Turdoides bicolor

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Moremi Game Reserve
111 Verified records at Moremi Game Reserve
February Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The southern pied babbler (Turdoides bicolor) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae, found in dry savannah of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Pied-Babbler sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 111 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve

Arrow-marked Babbler
LC

Arrow-marked Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdoides jardineii

30–40% · Possible
Hartlaub's Babbler
LC

Hartlaub's Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdoides hartlaubii

20–30% · Possible
Black-faced Babbler
LC

Black-faced Babbler

Bird

Turdoides melanops

Insufficient data
Burchell's Glossy-starling
LC

Burchell's Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis australis

60–70% · Likely
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

60–70% · Likely
Meves's Glossy-starling
LC

Meves's Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis mevesii

50–60% · Likely
Magpie Shrike

Magpie Shrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Urolestes melanoleucus

40–50% · Likely
Red-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed Oxpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

40–50% · Likely
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
LC

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buphagus africanus

30–40% · Possible
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
LC

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bubalornis niger

30–40% · Possible
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

20–30% · Possible
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
LC

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Plocepasser mahali

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
10–20
Aug
5–10
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
2 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
5–10%
3 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
5–10%
4 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
5 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
5–10%
6 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
5–10%
7 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
8 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
9 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Pied-Babbler in Moremi Game Reserve?

About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Pied-Babbler sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 111 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Southern Pied-Babbler in Moremi Game Reserve?

February has the highest sighting rate for Southern Pied-Babbler in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.

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