Buff-breasted Babbler (Pellorneum tickelli)

Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Pellorneum

Buff-breasted Babbler

Pellorneum tickelli · 棕胸雅鹛

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A species in the family Pellorneidae found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forests across South and Southeast Asia.

Distribution & Habitat

Found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bubbab1) CBR v12.0 (#1008) Avibase

Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum

Vocalizations

Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (5)

Pellorneum tickelli annamense

central and southern Vietnam to southern Laos (Bolaven Plateau)
Pellorneum tickelli assamense

northeastern India and eastern Bangladesh to northern and western Myanmar
Pellorneum tickelli fulvum

southern China (southwestern Yunnan) to northeastern Myanmar, northern Thailand, and Indochina
Pellorneum tickelli grisescens

southwestern Myanmar (Arakan Mountains)
Pellorneum tickelli tickelli

central and southern Malay Peninsula and adjacent Thailand

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bubbab1) CBR v12.0 (#1008) Avibase

Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Introduction

Distribution & Habitat

Data Sources

Taxonomy

Vocalizations

Subspecies (5)

Data Sources

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