Marsh babbler
Pellorneum palustre Gould, 1872
The marsh babbler (Pellorneum palustre) is a species in the family Pellorneidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 21.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
Quick facts about the marsh babbler
- Weight
- 21.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the marsh babbler live?
Not recorded
What is the marsh babbler?
The marsh babbler (Pellorneum palustre) is a member of the family Pellorneidae. The marsh babbler is endemic to the Brahmaputra floodplain, its associated tributaries and adjacent hill ranges in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya in India and eastern Bangladesh.
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Is the marsh babbler endangered?
The marsh babbler is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the marsh babbler classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPellorneidae
- genusPellorneum
- SpeciesPellorneum palustre Gould, 1872
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- matinera d'aiguamollCatalan
- timálie bažinnáCzech
- preblyn corsWelsh
- Sump DrosseltimalieDanish
- SumpftimalieGerman
- Sumpf-ErddrosslingGerman
- Sumpf-ErdtimalieGerman
- SumpferdtimalieGerman
- marĉa pelorneoEsperanto
- Tordina palustreSpanish
- viiruviidakkotimaliFinnish
- Akalat des maraisFrench
- Turdinule des maraisFrench
- bramaputranski drozdaljCroatian
- Garrulo di paludeItalian
- ヌマジチメドリJapanese
- pelkinė dirvinė timalijaLithuanian
- MoerasjungletimaliaDutch
- sumptimalNorwegian
- dżunglak bagiennyPolish
- tordina-palustrePortuguese
- Болотная земляная тимелияRussian
- Ассамская тимелия-говорушкаRussian
- dudroš močiarnySlovak
- kärrtimaliaSwedish
- சதுப்புநிலச் சிலம்பன்Tamil
- Bataklık ArdıçesmeriTurkish
- баблер болотянийUkrainian
- 沼泽幽鹛Chinese
- 沼澤幽鶥Chinese
Relatives of the marsh babbler
Other species in the same genus Pellorneum.
Puff-throated babbler
Pellorneum ruficeps
Mourning babbler
Pellorneum malaccense
Javan black-capped babbler
Pellorneum capistratum
Malayan swamp babbler
Pellorneum rostratum
Spot-throated babbler
Pellorneum albiventre
Ferruginous babbler
Pellorneum bicolor
CompareMarsh babbler vs Puff-throated babblerMarsh babbler vs Mourning babblerMarsh babbler vs Javan black-capped babblerMarsh babbler vs Malayan swamp babbler
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the marsh babbler?
An adult marsh babbler weighs 21.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the marsh babbler endangered?
The marsh babbler is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the marsh babbler?
The marsh babbler (Pellorneum palustre) belongs to the family Pellorneidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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