Brown offspring

Brown offspring
Braundrossling in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes) Subordination : Songbirds (passeri) Superfamily : Sylvioidea Family : Jays (Leiothrichidae) Genre : Turdoides Type : Brown offspring
Scientific name
Turdoides jardineii
A. Smith , 1836

Two brown offshoots

The arrow-marked babbler ( Turdoides jardineii ) is a species of bird from the family of Häherlinge (Leiothrichidae).

description

The brown offshoot has an evenly dark brown plumage, which is interspersed with white lines on the chest. The yellow eye with a red border is characteristic. The adult animal reaches a size of 21 to 24 cm.

The appearance of male and female birds is the same. Fledglings have brown eyes instead of yellow ones. In addition, the white line pattern on the chest is less pronounced.

habitat

The brown offshoot can be found in wooded areas and bushland. Its distribution area is south-eastern Africa (north-eastern South Africa , eastern Botswana , Zimbabwe , southern Mozambique ). It is widespread and not endangered. The brown offshoot lives in groups of up to 12 birds. The arrow-marked babbler is particularly common from Kapkuckuck parasitized, widespread in Africa cuckoo that the obligatory brood parasites belongs.

literature

Sasol: Birds of Southern Africa, 2nd edition. 1997.

Web links

Commons : Braundrossling ( Turdoides jardineii )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Turdoides melanops in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed on December 18 of 2008.
• Videos, photos and sound recordings for Turdoides jardineii in the Internet Bird Collection

Single receipts

1. ↑ John Erhitzøe, Clive F. husband, Frederik P. Brammer, Richard A. Fuller: Cuckoos of the World . Christopher Helm, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-7136-6034-0 . P. 268