Slender-billed scimitar babbler
| Slender-billed scimitar babbler | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Pomatorhinus |
| Species: | P. superciliaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomatorhinus superciliaris Blyth, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Xiphirhynchus superciliaris | |
The slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.
subspecies Xiphirhynchus superciliaris superciliaris from Zuluk in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, Sikkim, India.
Note the unusually long bill used for probing crevices from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Xiphirhynchus superciliaris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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