Babblers (Timaliidae)
Coral-billed Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus) - HBW 12, p. 170
French: Pomatorhin à bec corail
German: Korallenschnabelsäbler
Spanish: Cimitarra Coralina
Taxonomy: P[omatorhinus]. ferruginosus Blyth, 1845, Darjeeling, India.
Nominate race perhaps better considered a separate species from other races on grounds of its different head pattern and crown-feather shape; such treatment possibly supported by vocal characteristics, but more samples needed. Races stanfordi, formosus and phayrei form a group. Proposed race mariae (from Toungoo Hills, in Myanmar) synonymized with albogularis owing to improbable distribution, but is slightly weaker buff below than latter and worthy of further investigation; namdapha (extreme E Arunachal Pradesh, in NE India) treated as synonym of st.. View all taxonomy...
Nominate race perhaps better considered a separate species from other races on grounds of its different head pattern and crown-feather shape; such treatment possibly supported by vocal characteristics, but more samples needed. Races stanfordi, formosus and phayrei form a group. Proposed race mariae (from Toungoo Hills, in Myanmar) synonymized with albogularis owing to improbable distribution, but is slightly weaker buff below than latter and worthy of further investigation; namdapha (extreme E Arunachal Pradesh, in NE India) treated as synonym of stanfordi. Birds in C Laos paler below than orientalis and may represent an undescribed race. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ferruginosus Blyth, 1845 - E Nepal E to NE India (C Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
- stanfordi Ticehurst, 1935 - E Arunachal Pradesh, N Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
- formosus Koelz, 1952 - NE India (Meghalaya E to Nagaland and Manipur).
- ferruginosus Blyth, 1845 - E Nepal E to NE India (C Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
- stanfordi Ticehurst, 1935 - E Arunachal Pradesh, N Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
- formosus Koelz, 1952 - NE India (Meghalaya E to Nagaland and Manipur).
- phayrei Blyth, 1847 - Mizoram (NE India) and SW Myanmar.
- albogularis Blyth, 1855 - S & SE Myanmar (including N & C Tenasserim), NW & W Thailand and NW Laos.
- orientalis Delacour, 1927 - S China (SE Yunnan), NE Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin, N Annam).
- dickinsoni J. C. Eames, 2002 - S Laos and Vietnam (C Annam).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult looking around, perched on branch in undergrowth Locality Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp ferruginosus)
Martin Kennewell 13 April 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 3
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Best place to find in Thailand is at Mae Wong National Park. The birds move about in the scrub along the road in typical Scimit
Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 21 January 2010 25 weeks ago 3.5 -
Best place to find in Thailand is at Mae Wong National Park. The birds move about in the scrub along the road in typical Scimit
Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 21 January 2010 25 weeks ago 3.2
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