Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps)

Other Names (World)
Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler, Orange-billed Scimitar-babbler, Long-billed Scimitar-babbler, Lloyd's Scimitar-babbler, Ochraceous-headed Scimitar-babbler, Red-billed Scimitar Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
22 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Walden, 1873

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Red-billed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) [XC26504]
by David Edwards from Ta Nung Valley, Vietnam (song)

Red-billed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) [XC40944]
by id from Tam Dao, Vietnam (song)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

stenorhynchus Godwin-Austen, 1877 - Extreme north-eastern India (eastern Arunachal Pradesh) and extreme northern Myanmar.
austeni Hume, 1881 - North-eastern India (Meghalaya east to Nagaland and south to Mizoram), south-eastern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.
ochraceiceps Walden, 1873 - South-eastern Myanmar (including northern Tenasserim), north-western Thailand, southern China (southern Yunnan) and northern Indochina.
alius Riley, 1940 - Northern Thailand, southern Laos and Vietnam (central and southern Annam).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) - 10 files

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