Birds Around Me

Jungle Babbler (गयंगा, पेंगिया मैना, सातभाई, जंगली-खैर, घोंगढी, अर्याण्या हहोलिका ) / Turdoides striata are not so angry bird as it is being portrayed. They are very sociable birds. Earthy brown, frowzled, and untidy-looking bird with a longish tail. It is very similar to  Large Grey Babbler (गैगई, घुघोई) - Argya malcolmi  but has pale lores, a yellow bill, and a shorter tail without pale outer feathers. They are always seen in flocks of 5-10 birds,  as Mark Thornbill noted, "they have also a singular habit of always associating in groups of an uneven number, either five or seven. The native has pretty legend accounting for this habit.". Hence they got the name सातभाई (Seven Sisters) in Hindi.  Jungle Babbler (गयंगा, पेंगिया मैना, सातभाई, जंगली-खैर, घोंगढी, अर्याण्या हहोलिका ) / Turdoides striata inhabit outlying jungle as well-wooded gardens, compounds, and groves of trees in and around the town and villages. The flocks "sisterhoods" spend their time hopping on the...