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Buff-breasted babbler

Pellorneum tickelli Blyth, 1859

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli) is a species in the family Pellorneidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17 g to 17.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli)
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the buff-breasted babbler

Weight
17 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the buff-breasted babbler live?

Not recorded

What is the buff-breasted babbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Buff-breasted babbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buff-breasted_babbler&oldid=1313905013), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the buff-breasted babbler endangered?

The buff-breasted babbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the buff-breasted babbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPellorneidae
  6. genusPellorneum
  7. SpeciesPellorneum tickelli Blyth, 1859

Synonyms Pellornium tickelli, Trichastoma tickelli

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • matinera de TickellCatalan
  • timálie indomalajskáCzech
  • preblyn jyngl TickellWelsh
  • Lysbrystet DrosseltimalieDanish
  • RotbrustmaustimalieGerman
  • Rostbrust-ErddrosslingGerman
  • Rostbrust-ErdtimalieGerman
  • Rostbrust-MausdrosslingGerman
  • okrabrusta pelorneoEsperanto
  • Tordina de TickellSpanish
  • Tordina Oscura PechirrojaSpanish
  • viidakkotimaliFinnish
  • Akalat de TickellFrench
  • Turdinule de TickellFrench
  • žućkastotrbi drozdaljCroatian
  • Garrulo di TickellItalian
  • garrulo della giungla di TickellItalian
  • チャムネムジチメドリJapanese
  • Tikelio dirvinė timalijaLithuanian
  • Tickells JungletimaliaDutch
  • bruntimalNorwegian
  • dżunglak płowyPolish
  • tordina-acaneladaPortuguese
  • tordina-de-peito-fulvoPortuguese
  • Рыжегрудая мышиная тимелияRussian
  • Светлогрудая тимелия-говорушкаRussian
  • dudroš plavýSlovak
  • tickelltimaliaSwedish
  • beigebröstad timaliaSwedish
  • ljusbröstad trasttimaliaSwedish
  • นกกินแมลงป่าอกสีน้ำตาลThai
  • Sarımsı Karınlı ArdıçesmeriTurkish
  • баблер вохристийUkrainian
  • 棕胸雅鶥Chinese
  • 棕胸幽鶥Chinese
  • 棕胸雅鹛Chinese

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Relatives of the buff-breasted babbler

Other species in the same genus Pellorneum.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the buff-breasted babbler?

An adult buff-breasted babbler weighs 17 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the buff-breasted babbler endangered?

The buff-breasted babbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the buff-breasted babbler?

The buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli) belongs to the family Pellorneidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/buff-breasted-babbler

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{buff_breasted_babbler_2026,
  title = {Buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/buff-breasted-babbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}