'Yellow-billed Babbler' - Turdoides affinis taprobanus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Yellow-billed Babbler' - Turdoides affinis taprobanus, Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Yellow-billed Babbler' -Turdoides affinis taprobanus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

One of the noisiest birds in the garden. They gather in groups and and have the common name 'Seven sisters'. The Sinhalese name is 'Demelichcha' and the Tamil name 'Pulinil'. They act as guardians to the squirrels and give a cry of alarm when cats or snakes are around. Watch the video with the sound turned up to hear the racket that they make.
Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwy9wO0_QE

'Yellow-billed Babbler' - Turdoides affinis taprobanus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.,

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGD9nkspns

'Yellow-billed Babbler' - Turdoides affinis taprobanus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The noisiest group of birds in the garden they forage in groups and are also called 'Seven sisters'. These and the squirrels keep a look-out for cats and other predators and signal each other on the latters presence in the vicinity.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=21jMt-OqyzQ