Pomatorhinus

Pomatorhinus is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills. These are birds of tropical Asia, with the greatest number of species occurring in hills of the Himalayas.

Pomatorhinus
Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Pomatorhinus Horsfield, 1821
Species
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These are medium-sized, floppy-tailed landbirds with soft plumage. They are typically long-tailed, dark brown above, and white or orange-brown below. Many have striking head patterns, with a broad black band through the eye, bordered with white above and below.

They have strong legs and are quite terrestrial. Like other babblers, these are noisy birds, and the characteristic bubbling calls are often the best indication that these birds are present. As with other babbler species, they frequently occur in groups of up to a dozen, and the rainforest species like Indian scimitar babbler often occur in the mixed feeding flocks typical of tropical Asian jungle.

Species

The species are:[1]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Indian scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus horsfieldii	Rajasthan and Orissa, India
	Sri Lanka scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus melanurus	Sri Lanka
	White-browed scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus schisticeps	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
	Chestnut-backed scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus montanus	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
	Streak-breasted scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus ruficollis	Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.
	Taiwan scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus musicus	Taiwan
	Red-billed scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps	Northeast India, Southeast Asia and adjacent parts of southern China.
	Coral-billed scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus ferruginosus	Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, Thailand.
	Slender-billed scimitar babbler	Pomatorhinus superciliaris	the Himalayas to north-western Vietnam.

References

1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 6.4. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

• Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 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.

External links

• Media related to Pomatorhinus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Pomatorhinus at Wikispecies