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Birds Around Me 0156 - Common babbler छोटा सातभाई, चिलचिल, डुमरी, सोर, गेंगा, छोटा गेंगा, ग्राम-हहोलिका (Turdoides caudata)

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Common babbler छोटा सातभाई, चिलचिल, डुमरी, सोर, गेंगा, छोटा गेंगा, ग्राम-हहोलिका  (Turdoides caudata) about as big as bulbul with a relative longer tail. It is slimmer than Jungle Babbler , but like it invariable seen in flocks or "sisterhoods" of half a dozen or son on the ground and among the bushes. Its earth brown up;per plumage is streaked darker, and the long graduated loosely attached tail is finely cross-rayed. The sisterhoods spend their time scuttling along the ground like rats, running fast with short mincing steps under hedges and through thorny scrub and thickets, rummaging for insects and caterpillars.  Common babbler छोटा सातभाई, चिलचिल, डुमरी, सोर, गेंगा, छोटा गेंगा, ग्राम-हहोलिका  (Turdoides caudata) Sanjivini Nagar, Jabalpur When agitated, as on sighting a snake or cat, the birds utter a musical whistling which-which-which-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri as they nervously twitch their wings and tail and hop from bush to bush peering down at the intruder, the entire si...