The Chestnut-crowned Babbler is a medium-sized dark brown-grey bird with a white throat and white-tipped tail and a rather long and down-curved bill. Like other babblers, it has a distinct white eye stripe but can be identified by the distinctive chestnut colouring on its head (crown and nape) and two white stripes on the wing coverts. It has short rounded wings and a long tail with a rounded tip. It is a very active bird that participates in noisy social activity. It is typically seen in groups of four to fifteen birds. They participate in activities such as dust-bathing, preening and feeding as a group. The Chestnut-crowned Babbler is also known as the Red-capped Babbler, Rufous-crowned Babbler or Chatterer.
