Afghan Babbler
Photo: Rashed hajji al hajji · CC0

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Afghan Babbler

Argya huttoni

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Family
Laughingthrushes and Allies (Leiothrichidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Afghan babbler (Argya huttoni) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found from southeastern Iraq to south western Pakistan. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the common babbler A. caudata from further east in the Indian Subcontinent. Its distribution overlaps with the Iraq babbler A. altirostris, from which it is distinguished by its larger size, darker, more heavily streaked plumage, and occurrence in semi-desert and desert scrub, rather than reedbeds and wetlands.

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Range and habitat

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.