Large Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos)

Other Names (World)
Large Scimitar-Babbler, Greater Scimitar-babbler, Long-billed Scimitar-babbler, Large Scimitar Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
25.50 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, lowland dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos, Malaysia, 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 (80)...)

Large Scimitar Babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos) [XC126792]
by Bram Vogels from Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh province, Vietnam (song)

Large Scimitar Babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos) [XC121348]
by Bram Vogels from Namdapha, India (alarm call, call, song)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

hypoleucos (Blyth, 1844) - North-eastern Indian states, eastern Bangladesh and northern and western Myanmar.
tickelli Hume, 1877 - Southern China (southern Yunnan, Guangxi), northern Indochina, southern Myanmar (northern Tenasserim), Thailand and south-western Cambodia.
hainanus Rothschild, 1903 - Hainan I.
brevirostris Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - Southern Indochina.
wrayi Sharpe, 1887 - Extreme southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

References
See References.

Files:

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