What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Yellow-billed Babbler been recorded?

Turdoides affinis occurrence evidence comes from 63 records in 2 countries and territories, from 1917 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Yellow-billed Babbler
Yellow-billed Babbler — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesLeiothrichidaeTurdoides

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

63 records across 2 countries and territories, 1917–2026.

Turdoides affinis · GBIF taxon key 2493324

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19172026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Yellow-billed Babbler has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Yellow-billed Babbler. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
India 32
Sri Lanka 31

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.