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- Pomatorhinus phayrei
Identification
Similar Species
Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler has a thinner, longer and paler bill. It also lacks the black line above the white supercilium.
Distribution
Taxonomy
This species was formerly included within Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes five subspecies[1].
- P. p. phayrei in northeastern India (southern Assam and Manipur) and southwestern Myanmar (Chin Hills and Arakan Yoma Mts.)
- P. p. stanfordi in northeast Myanmar (Kachin State)
- P. p. albogularis in eastern and southeastern Myanmar to northwestern Thailand
- P. p. orientalis in south China (Yunnan), northeast Laos and north Vietnam
- P. p. dickinsoni in Highlands of central Vietnam and Bolavens Plateau of south Laos
Former subspecies formosus is synonymised with phayrei and former subspecies namdapha is synonymised with stanfordi.
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-crowned_Scimitar_Babbler
External Links
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