Чешуйчатая дроздовая тимелия

Чешуйчатая дроздовая тимелия / Turdoides squamulata, Чешуйчатый бюльбюль — вид птиц семейства Leiothrichidae.

Чешуйчатая дроздовая тимелия

Обитает в Эфиопии, Кении и Сомали. Его естественная среда обитания — субтропические или тропические сухие леса и субтропические или тропические сухие кустарники.

Описание

A very dark babbler with pale scaling on the crown, throat, and breast and a yellow-orange eye. In the southern part of the range has a blackish ear patch, while in the north, can show a brown ear patch and a white chin, or else a completely white face. Found locally in coastal scrub, riparian thickets, and woodland with thick undergrowth. Almost always in small groups, which feed by hopping across the ground. More elusive and skulking than most babblers. Northern subspecies can be similar to White-rumped Babbler, but easily separated by the lack of a white rump. Usually located by the raspy babbling call, usually given by a whole group in chorus.