Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) [XC33831]
by Don Jones from Tent with a view' lodge, Saadani, Tanzania (song)
Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas) [XC745567]
by Marc Anderson from Gwabi River Lodge, Kafue River, Zambia (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus) and are sometimes considered conspecific. Differences suggest they are probably better treated as separate species.
Birds from Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa (Transvaal, Zululand), described as intermedius, now regarded as inseparable from schalowi.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
schalowi Neumann, 1900 - Western Uganda, western and central Kenya and southern Somalia south to Zambia and western Natal.
cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1819) - South-western Angola and Namibia east to Transvaal.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet