Loic Poidevin / Jungle babbler (Turdoides striata) Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, March

Anup Shah / Arrow marked babbler (Turdoides jardineii) perching on a twig. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Arrow marked babbler (Turdoides jardineii). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian babbler {Turdoides squamiceps yemensis} in tree, Yemen

Miles Barton / Arabian babbler {Turdoides squamiceps} sentinel bird on lookout for predators, Israel

Miles Barton / Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps) huddled together, one preening, Israel

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian babbler {Turdoides squamiceps yemensis} perched, Hodaidah, Yemen

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Yellow billed babbler {Turdoides affinis} perched, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Yellow billed babbler {Turdoides affinis} perched, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian babbler {Turdoides squamiceps} feeding on maize, Sohar, Oman

Miles Barton / Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps) mobbing a snake (Cerastes cerastes)

Miles Barton / Arabian babbler, Israel (Turdoides squamiceps)

Pete Oxford / Jungle babbler {Turdoides striatus} Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Mike Wilkes / Black lored babbler {Turdoides melanops}, Kenya, East Africa, Winter

DAVID TIPLING / Jungle Babbler {Turdoides striatus orientalis} North India

Richard Du Toit / Barecheeked babbler {Turdoides gymnogenys} Etosha NP, Namibia

Martin Willis / White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus), Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia

Kim Taylor / Bare-cheeked babblers (Turdoides gymnogenys) socialising on branch, Namibia, Africa

Kim Taylor / Bare-cheeked babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys) pair, mutual preening, Namibia, Africa

Mike Wilkes / Arrow marked babbler {Turdoides jardineii} Tarangire Lodge, Tanzania

Mike Wilkes / Blackcap babbler {Turdoides reinwardtii} Gambia