Babblers are a large and diverse group of Old World songbirds known as timallids. Because of the large number of babblers I will restrict this to the genus of Scimitar Babblers Pomatorhinus, Turdoides and Leiothrix.

Large Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
Black-necklaced Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis
Black-streaked Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus gravivox
Spot-breasted Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus mcclellandi
Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus swinhoei
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
Indian Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
Sri Lanka Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus
White-browed Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus schisticeps
Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus montanus
Streak-breasted Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Taiwan Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus (ruficollis) musicus
Red-billed Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus ferruginosusScimitar Babblers.

Common babbler (Turdoides caudata)
Afghan babbler (Turdoides huttoni)
Iraq babbler (Turdoides altirostris)
Scaly chatterer (Turdoides aylmeri)
Southern pied babbler (Turdoides bicolor)
Striated babbler (Turdoides earlei)
Fulvous babbler (Turdoides fulva)
White-throated babbler (Turdoides gularis)
Bare-cheeked babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys)
Hartlaub's babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii)
Hinde's babbler (Turdoides hindei)
Northern pied babbler (Turdoides hypoleuca)
Arrow-marked babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
White-headed babbler (Turdoides leucocephala)
White-rumped babbler (Turdoides leucopygia)
Slender-billed babbler (Turdoides longirostris)
Large grey babbler (Turdoides malcolmi)
Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)
Black-faced babbler (Turdoides melanops)
Spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis)
Brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus)
Blackcap babbler (Turdoides reinwardtii)
Rufous chatterer (Turdoides rubiginosa)
Black-lored babbler (Turdoides sharpei)
Scaly babbler (Turdoides squamulata)
Jungle babbler (Turdoides striata)
Orange-billed babbler (Turdoides rufescens)
Yellow-billed babbler (Turdoides affinis)
Rufous babbler (Turdoides subrufa)
Dusky babbler (Turdoides tenebrosa)


Leiothrix is a genus in the Old World babbler family. Among the Old World babblers proper, they belong to a clade also containing at least the liocichlas, barwings, minlas and sibias. There are two species:
Silver-eared Mesia, Leiothrix argentauris
Red-billed Leiothrix or "Pekin Nightingale", Leiothrix lutea