| Old World babblers and warblers | |
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| File:Babbler clade diversity.png | |
| Diversity of the babbler clade | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Superfamily: | Sylvioidea |
| Clade: | Babbler clade Informal |
| Families and Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sylviidae sensu Sibley-Monroe | |
The babbler clade or Old World babblers or Old World warblers is a clade of various passerine Sylvioidean birds found in the Old World. It is sister to the Acrocephalus clade.
Description[]
Babblers are quite varied in size with species ranging from small wren-sized birds up to others as big as small crows.[2]
Warblers are small, slender birds have thin bills and a variety of plumages, but most are rather plain in appearance with dull browns being the dominate colour.[2] There are exceptions, however; and a number have striking plumages,[2] such as the Eurasian Blackcap (which is grey), Common Whitethroat and its cohorts (which are grey-brown above with white undersides[3]:Lesser), Rueppell's Warbler (which is black and grey), Barred Warbler (which resembles a cuckoo) and Dartford Warbler (which is grey with reddish-brown underparts).
Distribution[]
Taxonomy[]
Families and genera[]
References[]
- ^ D. Lepage, J. Warnier, 2014. The Peters' Check-list of the Birds of the World (1931-1987) Database. Accessed on 07/09/2017 from Avibase, the World Database: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/peterschecklist.jsp.
- ^ a b c Frances, Peter; et al. (2007). Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide. Dorling Kindersley Inc. ISBN 1564582957.
- ^ Brazil, Mark (2009). Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia. Princeton University Press. ISBN 97801691139265 Check
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