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Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli Scientific name definitions

Nigel Collar and Craig Robson
Version: 1.1 — Published October 22, 2024
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Introduction

This account summarizes the life history of the Buff-breasted Babbler, including information relating to its identification, systematics, distribution, habitat, diet, vocalizations, breeding ecology, and conservation status.

Subspecies


SUBSPECIES

Pellorneum tickelli assamense Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh).


SUBSPECIES

Pellorneum tickelli garoense Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Hills south of the Brahmaputra to eastern Bangladesh.


SUBSPECIES

Pellorneum tickelli grisescens Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Southwestern Myanmar (west of Irrawaddy River).


SUBSPECIES

Pellorneum tickelli fulvum Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Southern China (southwestern to southeastern Yunnan, western Guangxi), southeastern Myanmar, northwestern and northern Thailand, northern and central Laos, and northern Vietnam (Tonkin, northern Annam).


SUBSPECIES

Pellorneum tickelli annamense Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Northern and eastern Cambodia, southern Laos, and central and southern Vietnam (central and southern Annam, Cochinchina).


SUBSPECIES

Pellorneum tickelli tickelli Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim), western and southern Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia.

Distribution of the Buff-breasted Babbler - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Buff-breasted Babbler

Recommended Citation

Collar, N. and C. Robson (2024). Buff-breasted Babbler (Pellorneum tickelli), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, E. de Juana, and S. M. Billerman, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bubbab1.01.1
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