Tawny-bellied Babbler
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Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies

Tawny-bellied Babbler

Dumetia hyperythra

LCLeast Concern
Family
Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies (Timaliidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The tawny-bellied babbler (Dumetia hyperythra) also known in older Indian works as the rufous-bellied babbler is a small babbler that forages in small groups in low scrub forests. Like other members of the large Old World babbler family they are passerine birds characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are three subspecies within the Indian subcontinent. The nominate hyperythra found in northern and eastern India is uniformly brown underneath while albogularis of the western Indian peninsula is white throated.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.