The white-headed babbler or Cretzschmar's babbler (''Turdoides leucocephala'') is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in

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, Ethiopia, and

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry

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. Its name is sometimes confused with the

yellow-billed babbler The yellow-billed babbler (''Argya affinis'') is a member of the family Leiothrichidae endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. The yellow-billed babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, ...

, which is alternatively called the white-headed babbler. The name commemorates the German physician and scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar who founded the Senckenberg Natural History Museum.

References

*Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''

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'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1091338 white-headed babbler Birds of East Africa white-headed babbler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot white-headed babbler