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title: "Geelsnavelbabbelaar"
description: "Argya affinis — Vogels. The yellow-billed babbler (Argya affinis) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-billed-babbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Geelsnavelbabbelaar

> Argya affinis — Vogels. The yellow-billed babbler (Argya affinis) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka.

- Scientific name: *Argya affinis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 4932
- Wikidata: [Q62098144](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62098144)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289422](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289422)

## Names

- en: Yellow-billed Babbler
- de: Gelbschnabeldrossling
- es: Turdoide Piquigualdo
- fr: Cratérope affin
- it: Garrulo beccogiallo
- nl: Geelsnavelbabbelaar
- pt: Zaragateiro-de-bico-amarelo
- pl: Tymal żółtodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

IN (2911), LK (1361)

## Summary

The yellow-billed babbler (Argya affinis) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka. The yellow-billed babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land. This species, like most babblers, is not migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight and is usually seen calling and foraging in groups. It is often mistaken for the jungle babbler, whose range overlaps in parts of southern India, although it has a distinctive call and tends to be found in more vegetated habitats. Its name is also confused…

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

## Photo

![Geelsnavelbabbelaar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-billed-babbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250263581

## Machine access

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