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Babblers (Timaliidae)

Black-streaked Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus gravivox) - HBW 12, p. 166

French: Pomatorhin chanteur German: Schwarzstrichelsäbler Spanish: Cimitarra Rayada

Taxonomy: Pomatorhinus gravivox David, 1873, southern Shaanxi, China.
Forms a species group, and has commonly been treated as conspecific, with P. erythrogenys, P. mcclellandi, P. swinhoei and P. erythrocnemis, all having similar plumage. In China, proposed race sowerbyi (known only from type locality, 12 miles [c. 19 km ] S of "Fushih", in N Shaanxi) treated as synonym of nominate and stoneae (from extreme NW Yunnan) merged with dedekensi. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • gravivox David, 1873 - NC China (S Gansu E to S Shanxi, S to N & NE Sichuan, W Henan and NW Hubei).
  • cowensae Deignan, 1952 - SC China (C & SE Sichuan, SW Hubei).
  • dedekensi Oustalet, 1892 - S China (SE Xizang, W Sichuan, extreme NW Yunnan).

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  • gravivox David, 1873 - NC China (S Gansu E to S Shanxi, S to N & NE Sichuan, W Henan and NW Hubei).
  • cowensae Deignan, 1952 - SC China (C & SE Sichuan, SW Hubei).
  • dedekensi Oustalet, 1892 - S China (SE Xizang, W Sichuan, extreme NW Yunnan).
  • decarlei Deignan, 1952 - S China (NW Yunnan and immediately adjacent parts of SW Sichuan and extreme SE Xizang).
  • odicus Bangs & Phillips, 1914 - NE & extreme E Myanmar, S China (Yunnan except NW, and SW Guizhou), N Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin).
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