Species profile
Bare-cheeked Babbler
Turdoides gymnogenys
Quick answer
Arid bush of sw Angola and nw Namibia
- Scientific name
- Turdoides gymnogenys
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Turdoides
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Bare-cheeked Babbler in your journal
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Related species in Leiothrichidae
- Afghan Babbler (Turdoides huttoni)
- Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)
- Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
- Ashambu Chilappan (Montecincla meridionalis)
- Ashambu Laughingthrush (Montecincla meridionale)
- Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax cinereifrons)
- Assam Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum)
- Bare-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax calvus)