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Jungle Babbler

Argya striata

हिन्दी: सात भाई

IUCN: Least Concern
Jungle Babbler (Argya striata) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Jungle Babbler (Argya striata) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Argya striata
Hindi name
सात भाई
Family
Leiothrichidae, order Passeriformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

The gang bird that travels and squabbles in groups.

  • Spot it Grey-brown birds in noisy flocks.
  • Home Gardens and scrub.
  • Food web Eats insects and fruit; pied cuckoos lay eggs in its nests.
  • Why it matters Eats pests, and its flocks warn other animals of danger.

Read more: Jungle babbler on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 3 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2023 and 2026, in Jaipur.[20]
  • RajasthanHis note on one photo reads “Consuming home made bread(Roti)”.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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