Indian Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldii)

Other Names (World)
Indian Scimitar-Babbler, Deccan Scimitar-babbler, Peninsular Scimitar-babbler, Indian Scimitar Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sykes, 1832

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 915 - 2,135 m.

Range (Guide)

India (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (39)...)

Indian Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldii) [XC214142]
by Ramit Singal from Netravali WLS, South Goa, Goa, India (call)

Indian Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldii) [XC786585]
by Barry Edmonston from Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, India (call)

Subspecies
Pomatorhinus horsfieldii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Indian Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldii) and Sri Lanka Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus) following Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) and Collar (2006).

Has been treated as conspecific with White-browed Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps) and Sri Lanka Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus). Vocalizations are extremely like those of White-browed Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps) (from which differs only in lack of rufous on plumage), and perhaps better treated as conspecific.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

obscurus Hume, 1872 - Western India (south-western Rajasthan south to southern Gujarat and south-western Madhya Pradesh).
horsfieldii Sykes, 1832 - South-eastern Gujarat south to Goa and north-western Karnataka, and east to central Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and north-eastern Andhra Pradesh.
travancoreensis Harington, 1914 - Goa south to Kerala and western Tamil Nadu.
maderaspatensis Whistler, 1936 - Central and southern Andhra Pradesh and northern Tamil Nadu.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Indian Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldii) - 10 files

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