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title: "Gray-crowned Babbler"
description: "Pomatostomus temporalis — Birds. The grey-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) is a species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gray-crowned-babbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gray-crowned Babbler

> Pomatostomus temporalis — Birds. The grey-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) is a species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae.

- Scientific name: *Pomatostomus temporalis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 2962
- Wikidata: [Q903035](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q903035)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14492](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14492)

## Names

- en: Gray-crowned Babbler
- de: Grauscheitelsäbler
- fr: Pomatostome à calotte grise
- nl: Grijskruinbabbelaar
- pl: Stadniak siwogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2870), ID (3)

## Summary

The grey-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) is a species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae. They are found in Australia and New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).
Its habitats include tropical and subtropical dry broadlife forests, tropical moist lowland forests, shrublands, and savannas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-crowned_babbler

## Photo

![Gray-crowned Babbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-crowned-babbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127084668

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-crowned-babbler?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).