Ann & Steve Toon / Arrow-marked babblers (Turdoides jardineii) by water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Jungle babbler (Turdoides striata) perched in tree beside pink flower. Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India.

Robin Chittenden / Yellow-billed babbler (Turdoides affinis taprobanus) perched on branch, Sri Lanka.

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps), Gan HaDarom, Israel

Hermann Brehm / Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) fledgling begging for food from Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii ) Kwara, Botswana June

Hermann Brehm / Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) fledgling begging for food from Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii ) Kwara, Botswana June

Hermann Brehm / Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) fledgling begging for food from Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii ) Kwara, Botswana June

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Jungle babbler (Turdoides striata) two on branch, India, January.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) juvenile begging for food, Oman, April

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) with food, Oman, April

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) on branch, Oman, January

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) Oman, April