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Slender-billed babbler

Argya longirostris (F. Moore, 1854)

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The slender-billed babbler (Argya longirostris) is a species in the family Leiothrichidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 35 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Slender-billed babbler (Argya longirostris)
Photo: Firoz Hussain · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the slender-billed babbler

Weight
35 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the slender-billed babbler live?

Not recorded

What is the slender-billed babbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The slender-billed babbler (Argya longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

It is found in Bangladesh, Nepal, Northeast India and possibly Myanmar.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Turdoides but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Argya.

From the Wikipedia article “Slender-billed babbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slender-billed_babbler&oldid=1315341880), 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 slender-billed babbler endangered?

The slender-billed babbler is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the slender-billed babbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyLeiothrichidae
  6. genusArgya
  7. SpeciesArgya longirostris (F. Moore, 1854)

Synonyms Argya longirostris arcana, Argya longirostris longirostris, Chatarrhaea longirostris, Chatarrhaea longirostris longirostris, Malacocercus rubiginosus, Pyctorhis longirostris, Turdoides longirostris

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • tordenc becfíCatalan
  • timálie šídlozobáCzech
  • Preblyn pigfainWelsh
  • Langnæbbet LarmdrosselDanish
  • SchlankschnabeldrosslingGerman
  • Schlankschnabel-DrosselhäherlingGerman
  • stretbeka leiotrikoEsperanto
  • Turdoide picofinoSpanish
  • لیکوی نوکباریکPersian
  • brahmaputrantimaliFinnish
  • Cratérope à bec finFrench
  • tankokljuni drozdaljCroatian
  • Vékonycsőrű rigótimáliaHungarian
  • Garrulo beccosottileItalian
  • ハシボソヤブチメドリJapanese
  • liaunasnapė strazdinė timalijaLithuanian
  • खडाई भ्याकुरNepali
  • DunbekbabbelaarDutch
  • smalnebbskriketrostNorwegian
  • tymal cienkodziobyPolish
  • tymalczyk cienkodziobyPolish
  • zaragateiro-de-bico-finoPortuguese
  • Тонкоклювая дроздовкаRussian
  • Тонкоклювая дроздовая тимелияRussian
  • timáliovec tenkozobýSlovak
  • brahmaputraskriktrastSwedish
  • İnce Gagalı YedikardeşTurkish
  • кратеропа асамськаUkrainian
  • 細嘴鶇鶥Chinese
  • 细嘴鸫鹛Chinese
  • 細嘴鶇鶥 Chinese

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Relatives of the slender-billed babbler

Other species in the same genus Argya.

LC, Least Concern
Iraq babbler (Argya altirostris)

Iraq babbler

Argya altirostris

Leiothrichidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the slender-billed babbler?

An adult slender-billed babbler weighs 35 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the slender-billed babbler endangered?

The slender-billed 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 slender-billed babbler?

The slender-billed babbler (Argya longirostris) belongs to the family Leiothrichidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{slender_billed_babbler_2026,
  title = {Slender-billed babbler (Argya longirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-billed-babbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}