Jungle babbler

Turdoides striata

The Jungle babbler (Turdoides striata) is a bird found in India. Gardens and scrub across the Indian subcontinent. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Turdoides striata
Region	Asia
Found in	India

🏡 Where the Jungle babbler lives

Gardens and scrub across the Indian subcontinent.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs30%
🍎 Fruit20%
🌿 Leaves & plants20%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
🌸 Nectar10%
🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 They live in noisy groups known as "seven sisters".

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Recorded by Christian Kerihuel (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1077500. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Jungle babbler

Where does the Jungle babbler live?

The Jungle babbler lives in India. Gardens and scrub across the Indian subcontinent.

What does the Jungle babbler eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%), fruit (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), nectar (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Jungle babbler endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.