Large Grey Babbler

Large Grey Babbler

Turdoides malcolmi

Insufficient data
overall probability at Nagarhole National Park
1 Verified records at Nagarhole National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The large grey babbler (Argya malcolmi) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found across India and far western Nepal. They are locally common in the scrub, open forest and gardenland. They are usually seen in small groups and are easily distinguished from other babblers in the region by their nasal call and the whitish outer feathers to their long tail. It is one of the largest babblers in the region. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Nagarhole National Park

Jungle Babbler

Jungle Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides striata

40–50% · Likely
Rufous Babbler

Rufous Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides subrufa

5–10% · With luck
Yellow-billed Babbler

Yellow-billed Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides affinis

5–10% · Rare
Common Babbler

Common Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides caudata

Insufficient data
Red-whiskered Bulbul
LC

Red-whiskered Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus jocosus

60–70% · Likely
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
LC

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus paradiseus

50–60% · Likely
Jungle Myna
LC

Jungle Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Acridotheres fuscus

50–60% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

50–60% · Likely
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

50–60% · Likely
Black Drongo
LC Endemic

Black Drongo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicrurus macrocercus

40–50% · Likely
Southern Hill Myna
LC

Southern Hill Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Gracula indica

40–50% · Likely
Purple-rumped Sunbird
LC

Purple-rumped Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptocoma zeylonica

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Large Grey Babbler at Nagarhole National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 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 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
2 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
3 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
4 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
5 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
8 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
9 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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