Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei)

Other Names (World)
Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler, Gray-sided Scimitar-babbler, Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
22 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(David, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)...)

Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei) [XC324651]
by Vincent van der Spek from near Jianning Sanming, Fujian China, China (call)

Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei) [XC187406]
by Qin Huang from Fuzhou Forest Park, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China (call)

Subspecies
Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys), Black-streaked Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys gravivox), Spot-breasted Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi) and Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei) following Collar (2006).

Forms a species group, and has commonly been treated as conspecific, with Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys), Spot-breasted Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi), Black-streaked Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys gravivox) and Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis), all having similar plumage. Geographical variation possibly clinal; subspecies abbreviatus may be based on clinal differences.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

swinhoei (David, 1874) - Eastern China (southern Anhui, eastern Jiangxi, southern Zhejiang, northern Fujian).
abbreviatus Stresemann, 1929 - South-eastern China (north-eastern Guangxi, southern Hunan, northern Guangdong).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei) - 9 files

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