Babblers (Timaliidae)
Indian Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldii) - HBW 12, p. 168
French: Pomatorhin de Horsfield
German: Horsfieldsäbler
Spanish: Cimitarra India
Other common names: Deccan/Peninsular Scimitar-babbler
Taxonomy: Pomatorhinus Horsfieldii Sykes, 1832, the Deccan [= Mahabaleshwar, Satara North], India.
Has been treated as conspecific with P. schisticeps and P. melanurus; vocalizations extremely like those of former (from which differs only in lack of rufous on plumage), and perhaps better treated as conspecific; further field study needed. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- obscurus Hume, 1872 - W India (SW Rajasthan S to S Gujarat and SW Madhya Pradesh).
- horsfieldii Sykes, 1832 - SE Gujarat S to Goa and NW Karnataka, and E to C Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and NE Andhra Pradesh.
- travancoreensis Harington, 1914 - Goa S to Kerala and W Tamil Nadu.
- maderaspatensis Whistler, 1936 - C & S Andhra Pradesh and N Tamil Nadu.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, singing several times. Locality Munnar, Kerala, India (ssp travancoreensis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 2 years ago 39 sec 4.2 -
A bird singing once and flying away. Locality Munnar, Kerala, India (ssp travancoreensis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2009 1 year ago 4 sec 3.3 -
two brief views of one in a bush Locality Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India (ssp obscurus)
Martin Kennewell 6 December 2009 1 year ago 10 sec 2
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A ventral view
Locality Coonoor, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 1 September 2011 23 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird swallowing a winged termite
Locality Coonoor, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 1 September 2011 23 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perched.
Locality Munnar, Kerala, India (ssp travancoreensis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird clambering up a concrete fence post in search of insects
Locality The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp travancoreensis)
vasanthan.p.j 9 March 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Frontal View of the bird
Locality The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp Travancoreensis)
vasanthan.p.j 25 June 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
Scimitar Babbler perched on a twig
Locality The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp Travancoreensis)
vasanthan.p.j 25 June 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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Calls or song Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
(ssp travancoreensis)
Stuart Fisher 11 February 2006 2 years ago 4.5 -
A bird singing. Locality Masinagudi-Ooty Road, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
(ssp travancoreensis)
Josep del Hoyo 10 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Trilling calls & hooting song of a pair by a brook Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
(ssp tranvancoreensis)
Stuart Fisher 12 February 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Sevaral songs of a bird.
Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
(ssp travancoreensis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
song Locality Goa, India
(ssp travancoreensis)
Paul Willoughby 11 November 2009 1 year ago 3 -
Calls and song of a pair moving through a tea plantation Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
(ssp travancoreensis)
Stuart Fisher 11 February 2006 2 years ago 3
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