Bare-cheeked babbler

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Bare-cheeked babbler
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Two in dry woodland, Namibia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Turdoides
Species:
T. gymnogenys
Binomial name
Turdoides gymnogenys
(Hartlaub, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Aethocichla gymnogenisSharpe, 1883

The bare-cheeked babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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Individual at Hobatere, Namibia

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Turdoides gymnogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22716505A94497304. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716505A94497304.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.