bare-cheeked babbler

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| name = Bare-cheeked babbler

| image = Bare-cheeked Babbler-5996 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg

| image_caption = An individual in woodland at Ongava Game Reserve in Kunene Region

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Turdoides gymnogenys |volume=2016 |page=e.T22716505A94497304 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716505A94497304.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Turdoides

| species = gymnogenys

| authority = (Hartlaub, 1865)

| synonyms = *Aethocichla gymnogenis Sharpe, 1883}}

The bare-cheeked babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Bare-cheeked Babbler.jpg|Individual at Hobatere, Kunene Region, Namibia

Turdoides gymnogenys, Epupa-Kamanjab pad, Birding Weto, a.jpg|Two in dry woodland of Kunene Region