Brown Babbler
Turdoides plebejus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyLeiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies)
- GenusTurdoides (Turdoides Babblers)
- SpeciesTurdoides plebejus (Brown Babbler)
Closest Relatives at Kidepo Valley National Park
Rufous Chatterer
Turdoides rubiginosa
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Yellow-billed Shrike
Corvinella corvina
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Babbler in Kidepo Valley National Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Brown Babbler sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park, based on 53 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Babbler in Kidepo Valley National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Brown Babbler in Kidepo Valley National Park in our monthly data.