| Dumetia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Tawny-bellied babbler (Dumetia hyperythra) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Dumetia Blyth, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Timalia hyperythra (tawny-bellied babbler) Franklin, 1831 | |
| Species | |
see text | |
Dumetia is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that are found in India and Sri Lanka.
The genus Dumetia was introduced in 1852 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. [1] The genus name is from Latin dumetum, dumeti meaning "thicket". [2] Blyth listed two species in the genus and of these George Robert Gray in 1855 selected the tawny-bellied babbler as the type species. [3] [4]
The genus contains the following species: [5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Tawny-bellied babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | north-central India to Sri Lanka |
 | Dark-fronted babbler | Dumetia atriceps | west India to Sri Lanka |
The tawny-bellied babbler also known in older Indian works as the rufous-bellied babbler is a small babbler that forages in small groups in low scrub forests. Like other members of the large Old World babbler family they are passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are three subspecies within the Indian Subcontinent. The nominate hyperythra found in northern and eastern India is uniformly brown underneath while albogularis of the western Indian peninsula is white throated. The population in Sri Lanka, phillipsi, is also white throated but is paler underneath and has a larger bill.
The dark-fronted babbler is an Old World babbler found in the Western Ghats of India and the forests of Sri Lanka. They are small chestnut brown birds with a dark black cap, a whitish underside and pale yellow iris. They forage in flocks in the undergrowth of forests constantly making calls and uttering alarm calls when disturbed.
The pin-striped tit-babbler, also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that is found in South and Southeast Asia.
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