Yellow-billed Babbler

Yellow-billed Babbler

Turdoides affinis

30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Mudumalai National Park
228 Verified records at Mudumalai National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The yellow-billed babbler (Argya affinis) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. The yellow-billed babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land. This species, like most babblers, is not migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight and is usually seen calling and foraging in groups. It is often mistaken for the jungle babbler, whose range overlaps in parts of southern India, although it has a distinctive call and tends to be found in more vegetated habitats. Its name is also confused with Turdoides leucocephala, which is also known as white-headed babbler. Wikipedia →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Babbler sighting in Mudumalai National Park, based on 228 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Mudumalai National Park

Jungle Babbler

Jungle Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides striata

30–40% · Possible
Rufous Babbler

Rufous Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides subrufa

<5% · Rare
Large Grey Babbler

Large Grey Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides malcolmi

<5% · Rare
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

60–70% · Likely
Brahminy Starling
LC

Brahminy Starling

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sturnia pagodarum

60–70% · Likely
Red-whiskered Bulbul
LC

Red-whiskered Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus jocosus

60–70% · Likely
Long-tailed Shrike
LC

Long-tailed Shrike

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Lanius schach

50–60% · Likely
Jungle Myna
LC

Jungle Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Acridotheres fuscus

50–60% · Likely
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
LC Endemic

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cyornis tickelliae

40–50% · Likely
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
LC

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cecropis daurica

40–50% · Likely
Small Minivet
LC

Small Minivet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

40–50% · Likely
Common Iora
LC

Common Iora

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aegithina tiphia

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
40–50
Feb
20–30
Mar
30–40
Apr
20–30
May
30–40
Jun
50–60
Jul
10–20
Aug
30–40
Sep
30–40
Oct
60–70
Nov
20–30
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
3 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
4 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
5 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
6 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
7 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
8 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
9 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-billed Babbler in Mudumalai National Park?

About 35% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Babbler sighting in Mudumalai National Park, based on 228 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Yellow-billed Babbler in Mudumalai National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-billed Babbler in Mudumalai National Park in our monthly data.

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