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White-headed Babbler
Turdoides leucocephala Cretzschmar, 1826
Leiothrichidae — Laughingthrushes & Allies
White-headed Babbler, Turdoides leucocephala, is a passerine of the Leiothrichidae family that breeds in eastern Sudan, Eritrea and north-west Ethiopia. It was described by Cretzschmar in 1826. Its name is sometimes mixed up with the yellow-billed babbler, which is also known as the white-headed babbler. The bird’s scientific name is linked to Cretzschmar, the German physician and scientist who founded the Senckenberg Natural History Museum.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae — Laughingthrushes & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: e Sudan, Eritrea and nw Ethiopia
