Striated babbler
Species of bird
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The striated babbler (Argya earlei) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Asia from Pakistan to Myanmar.
| Striated babbler | |
|---|---|
| |
| at Mohali, Punjab | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Argya |
| Species: | A. earlei |
| Binomial name | |
| Argya earlei (Blyth, 1844) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
This species was formerly placed in the genus Turdoides but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Argya.[2][3]
It is omnivorous.[4]
