tit-babbler
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prettygoodwordtit-babbler or tit babbler (TIT-BAB-lr) - n., any of seven species (genera Mixornis and Macronus, of the babbler family) of small passerine birds of South and Southeast Asia.
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The dapper gentleman above is the pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis). There are currently accounted 58 species in family Timaliidae (which doesn't include all the babblers) including tit-babblers and wren-babblers -- from which you might infer that the tit part of the name is from a resemblance to tits, as in the bird. The babbler part is apparently from their song.
The name, though ...
---L.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
The dapper gentleman above is the pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis). There are currently accounted 58 species in family Timaliidae (which doesn't include all the babblers) including tit-babblers and wren-babblers -- from which you might infer that the tit part of the name is from a resemblance to tits, as in the bird. The babbler part is apparently from their song.
The name, though ...
---L.
