The Spiny Babbler, found only in Nepal, has fascinated ornithologists and bird lovers from around the world. Don Messerschmidt writes about ornithologist S. Dillon Ripley’s account of the bird in his book Search for the Spiny Babbler:
Tsuntsun Spiny Babbler da ake samu a Nepal kawai, yana ba wa masu nazarin tsuntsuya da masu son tsuntsusaya sha'awa a duk faɗin duniya. Don Messerschmidt ya rubuta game da labarin mai nazarin tsuntsaye S. Dillon Ripley a littafinsa Neman Tsuntsun Spiny Babbler.