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Hall's Babbler
Pomatostomus halliCowles, 1964
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Pomatostomidae
- Genus
- Pomatostomus
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
Hall's babbler is a small species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae most commonly found in dry Acacia scrubland in interior regions of eastern Australia. Superficially similar to the white-browed babbler this species was only recognised during the 1960s, which makes it a comparatively recent discovery. The bird is named after the Australian-born philanthropist Major Harold Wesley Hall, who funded a series of expeditions to collect specimens for the British Museum, during which the first specimens of Hall's babbler were collected in southwestern Queensland in 1963.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- West-central QLD to north-west NSW (east-central Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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