Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)

Other Names (World)
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler, Salvadori's Scimitar-babbler, Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
23.50 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1832)

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan (China), Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (108)...)

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys) [XC777470]
by from Budhanilkantha, Nepal (call, song)

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys) [XC864728]
by Suniti Bhushan Datta from Mae Ai (near Malika), Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Forms a species group, and has commonly been treated as conspecific, with Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis), Spot-breasted Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi), Black-streaked Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys gravivox) and Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei), all having similar plumage.

Proposed subspecies haringtoni (Himalayas from Sikkim east to Bhutan) merged with ferrugilatus.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

erythrogenys (Vigors, 1832) - North-eastern Pakistan (Murree Hills) east to northern India (Uttaranchal Pradesh).
ferrugilatus Hodgson, 1836 - Nepal east to Bhutan.
imberbis Salvadori, 1889 - Eastern Myanmar.
celatus Deignan, 1941 - North-western Thailand.
haringtoni Baker, ECS, 1914 - Himalayas (Sikkim to Bhutan).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys) - 10 files

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