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title: "Yellow-eyed Babbler"
description: "Chrysomma sinense — Uccelli. The yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense) is a passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-eyed-babbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-eyed Babbler

> Chrysomma sinense — Uccelli. The yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense) is a passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Chrysomma sinense*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1359
- Wikidata: [Q2747209](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2747209)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15670](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15670)

## Names

- en: Yellow-eyed Babbler
- de: Goldaugentimalie
- es: Timalí Ojigualdo
- fr: Chrysomme à bec noir
- pl: Rdzawolotek białolicy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (969), TH (83), LK (65), PK (31), CN (26), NP (21), BD (10), VN (10), MM (9)

## Summary

The yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense) is a passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia. It inhabits shrubland, grassland and wetland habitats. On the IUCN Red List, it is listed as Least Concern because of its wide distribution and stable population.
Its common name refers to the traditional placement in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae although the genus Chrysomma forms a clade along with the parrotbills  within the family Paradoxornithidae.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-eyed Babbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-eyed-babbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260985597

## Machine access

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