Scaly Babbler

Turdoides squamulata

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Leiothrichidae
Genus
Turdoides
eBird Code
scabab2

Subspecies (3)

  • Turdoides squamulata carolinae

    Webi Shebelle River, southern Somalia, and southeastern Ethiopia

  • Turdoides squamulata jubaensis

    Jubba River, southern Somalia and southeastern Ethiopia. An undescribed population, apparently intermediate between carolinae and jubaensis, occurs in the Lake Bor watercourse and along the Daua River (Ethiopia/Kenya border). Yet another undescribed, poorly known population occurs on the Webi Gestro River, Ethiopia

  • Turdoides squamulata squamulata

    Kenya coast and Tana River and far southern Somalia

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.