Fulvous Babbler

Argya fulva

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Leiothrichidae
Genus
Argya
eBird Code
fulcha1

Taxonomy Changes

Turdoides fulva Argya fulva

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vocalizations

Karim Haddad · CC_BY_4_0
Valentin Moser · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Argya fulva acaciae

    northern Chad and Sudan to northern Eritrea

  • Argya fulva buchanani

    southeastern Algeria and Mali to Niger and central Chad (Senegal?)

  • Argya fulva fulva

    northern Algeria to Tunisia and northwestern Libya

  • Argya fulva maroccana

    southern Morocco, adjacent Algeria, and southwestern Libya

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.