Babblers (Timaliidae)
Blackish-breasted Babbler (Sphenocichla humei) - HBW 12, p. 173
French: Timalie à gros bec
German: West-Keilschnabeltimalie
Spanish: Ratina Picocuña Occidental
Other common names: Western/Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler; Wedge-billed Babbler/Wren-babbler (when treated as conspecific with S. roberti)
Taxonomy: Heterorhynchus Humei Mandelli, 1873, Sikkim, India.
Formerly treated as conspecific with S. roberti, but song different. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme E Nepal, Sikkim and N West Bengal E to Bhutan and NE India (NE Arunachal Pradesh).
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Deep in a roadside bush
Locality Lingmethang (Limithang) Road, Mongar District, Bhutan
Lee Hunter 24 April 2013 4 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 April 2007 14 weeks ago 3.6
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Adult bird singing Locality Thrumshingla National Park, Bhutan
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 3 April 2012 46 weeks ago 4
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