Yellow-billed babbler

Turdoides affinis

The Yellow-billed babbler (Turdoides affinis) is a bird found in India and Sri Lanka. Gardens and scrub in southern India and Sri Lanka. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and dead animals (carrion). The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Turdoides affinis
Region	Asia
Found in	India and Sri Lanka

🏡 Where the Yellow-billed babbler lives

Gardens and scrub in southern India and Sri Lanka.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🍎 Fruit20%
🦴 Leftovers (carrion)10%
🌸 Nectar10%
🌿 Leaves & plants10%

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.

💡 It lives in noisy chattering groups called "the seven sisters".

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Recorded by Vihansith Kulatunga (CC BY-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC680927. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-billed babbler

Where does the Yellow-billed babbler live?

The Yellow-billed babbler lives in India and Sri Lanka. Gardens and scrub in southern India and Sri Lanka.

What does the Yellow-billed babbler eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fruit (about 20%), dead animals (carrion) (about 10%), nectar (about 10%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-billed 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.