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The jungle babbler

Turdoides striata

Photo by VincentVanur
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Description:

gregarious birds that forage in small groups of six to ten birds, a habit that has given them the popular name of "Seven Sisters" in urban Northern India, and Saath bhai (seven brothers) in Bengali with cognates in other regional languages which also mean "seven brothers"

Habitat:

a common resident breeding bird in most parts of the Indian subcontinent

Notes:

found in Vadavalli in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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PublishedNovember 9, 2017

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