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Category:Xiphirhynchus - BirdForum Opus

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Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler
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Genus: Xiphirhynchus

Description

This genus would contain just one species, the Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler from SE Asia. It differs from the other Scimitar Babblers by its much longer, much slenderer and still more curved bill.

Taxonomy

Xiphirhynchus would be a genus in the Family Timaliidae.
It is now usually included in the genus Pomatorhinus.

References

  1. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
  2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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