Species profile
Iraq Babbler
Turdoides altirostris
Quick answer
southern Turkey, Syria, Iraq and southwestern Iran (reed beds of Tigris-Euphrates Valley)
- Scientific name
- Turdoides altirostris
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Turdoides
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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-cheeked Babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys)