Sunda Scimitar Babbler - BirdForum Opus

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Subspecies occidentalis
Photo © by Dave B
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

Pomatorhinus bornensis

Identification

19 - 21cm. A small Scimitar-Babbler with a relatively short decurved bill:

• Upperside, flanks and vent chestnut
• Primaries and tail brown
• Underside white
• Crown dark grey
• Side of head black with white supercilium
• Bill decurved, horn-colored

Sexes are similar.

Distribution

Asia: Found in extreme southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

Taxonomy

Sunda Scimitar Babbler and Javan Scimitar Babbler were formerly together under the name of Chestnut-backed Scimitar Babbler.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes two subspecies[1].

• P. b. occidentalis on the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
• P. b. bornensis on Borneo and Bangka Island

References

1. 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/
2. 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/
3. Collar, N. and C. Robson (2022). Sunda Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus bornensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chbscb2.01

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sunda Scimitar Babbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sunda_Scimitar_Babbler

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