Scaly chatterer

Scaly chatterer
specimen at Nairobi National Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Turdoides
Species: T. aylmeri
Binomial name
Turdoides aylmeri
(Shelley, 1885)
Synonyms

Argya aylmeri

The scaly chatterer (Turdoides aylmeri) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is also known as the bare-eyed babbler. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

  • Collar, N.J.; Robson, C. (2007). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A., eds. Family Timaliidae (Babblers). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees (Barcelona: Lynx Edicions). pp. 70–291. 

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