Scaly Babbler
Turdoides squamulata
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Turdoides
- eBird Code
- scabab2
Subspecies (3)
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Turdoides squamulata carolinae
Webi Shebelle River, southern Somalia, and southeastern Ethiopia
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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
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Turdoides squamulata squamulata
Kenya coast and Tana River and far southern Somalia
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.