Babblers (Timaliidae)

Large Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus hypoleucos) - HBW 12, p. 165

French: Pomatorhin à long bec German: Riesensäbler Spanish: Cimitarra Grande
Other common names: Greater/Long-billed Scimitar-babbler

Taxonomy: O[rthorhinus].hypoleucos Blyth, 1844, Arakan, Lower Myanmar.
Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • hypoleucos (Blyth, 1844) - NE Indian states, E Bangladesh and N & W Myanmar.
  • tickelli Hume, 1877 - S China (S Yunnan, Guangxi), N Indochina, S Myanmar (N Tenasserim), Thailand and SW Cambodia.
  • hainanus Rothschild, 1903 - Hainan I.

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  • hypoleucos (Blyth, 1844) - NE Indian states, E Bangladesh and N & W Myanmar.
  • tickelli Hume, 1877 - S China (S Yunnan, Guangxi), N Indochina, S Myanmar (N Tenasserim), Thailand and SW Cambodia.
  • hainanus Rothschild, 1903 - Hainan I.
  • brevirostris Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - S Indochina.
  • wrayi Sharpe, 1887 - extreme S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.