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| image = Pomatorhinus2Keulemans.jpg
| image = Red-billed Scimitar Babbler 0A2A9191 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Above, ''[[Pomatorhinus ferruginosus]] albogularis'' and below, ''Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps stenorhynchus''
| image_caption =
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22715984 |title=''Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22715984A94477385 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715984A94477385.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| genus = Pomatorhinus
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| species = ochraceiceps
| authority = [[Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale|Walden]], 1873
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| synonyms =
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
}}
| familia = [[Timaliidae]]
| genus = ''[[Pomatorhinus]]''
| species = '''''P. ochraceiceps'''''
| binomial = ''Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps''
| binomial_authority = [[Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale|Walden]], 1873
| synonyms = }}


The '''red-billed scimitar babbler''' (''Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps'') is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Timaliidae]] family. It is found in south-east [[Bangladesh]]<ref>http://www.hbw.com/species/red-billed-scimitar-babbler-pomatorhinus-ochraceiceps</ref>, [[Northeast India]], [[Southeast Asia]] and adjacent parts of southern [[China]].
The '''Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler''' ('''''Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Timaliidae]].
It is found in [[Northeast India]], [[Southeast Asia]] and adjacent parts of southern [[China]]. It has a long reddish-orange decurved bill that is typical of Scimitar-Babblers, a rather long white supercilium, and brown upperparts and tail. Sexes are similar.


Its natural [[habitat]]s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland [[forest]]s and subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]]s.
It is typically found between 300-2400m across its range and its natural [[habitat]]s are [[subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest]] and subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]], particularly favouring [[bamboo]] clumps and [[Fokienia]]-dominated forest. It feeds mainly on [[invertebrates]] but is also known to take [[nectar]] from flowers. It is a frequent participant of mixed-species bird flocks, often associating with the [[White-hooded Babbler]].


==References==
==References==
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*Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp.&nbsp;70 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]]'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
*Collar, N. and C. Robson (2020). Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rbsbab1.01


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[[Category:Pomatorhinus|red-billed scimitar babbler]]
[[Category:Birds of Northeast India]]
[[Category:Birds of Northeast India]]
[[Category:Birds of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Birds of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1873|red-billed scimitar babbler]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1873|red-billed scimitar babbler]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]



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Latest revision as of 05:08, 18 April 2024

Red-billed scimitar babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Pomatorhinus
Species:
P. ochraceiceps
Binomial name
Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
Walden, 1873

The Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in Northeast India, Southeast Asia and adjacent parts of southern China. It has a long reddish-orange decurved bill that is typical of Scimitar-Babblers, a rather long white supercilium, and brown upperparts and tail. Sexes are similar.

It is typically found between 300-2400m across its range and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, particularly favouring bamboo clumps and Fokienia-dominated forest. It feeds mainly on invertebrates but is also known to take nectar from flowers. It is a frequent participant of mixed-species bird flocks, often associating with the White-hooded Babbler.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715984A94477385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715984A94477385.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • Collar, N. and C. Robson (2020). Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rbsbab1.01