Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
Pomatorhinus erythrogenys

Shemgang, Bhutan
April 2008

There is some disagreement about the taxonomy of this species. Sibley & Munroe and Clements include it in Spot-breasted Scimitar-babbler P. erythrocnemis while all other authorities appear to classify it as Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler P. erythrogenys giving P. erythrocnemis the English name of Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler distributed in Taiwan.

The Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler is distributed from north-east Pakistan to Bhutan and in east Myanmar and north-west Thailand. It is found in thick scrub at forest edges and often near human settlement.

It has a long, decurved bill and above is olive-brown with orange-rufous on the sides of the head, the flanks and the vent. The centre of the breast and belly varies from white in some races to greyish as in this case.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information is available via Avibase.

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