Bare-cheeked babbler

Bare-cheeked babbler
An individual in woodland at Ongava Game Reserve in Kunene Region
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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, Kunene Region, Namibia
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  Two in dry woodland of Kunene Region

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.

• Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

External links

• Bare-cheeked babbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.