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.
- 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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird drinking at a waterhole. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp tickelli)
Yoel Jimenez 26 February 2012 1 year ago 1 min 16 sec 4.7 -
calling and looking around Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp tickelli)
Daniêl Jimenez 27 December 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.7 -
A bird looking around. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp tickelli)
Yoel Jimenez 26 February 2012 1 year ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A calling bird on a branch, others calling in the background. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp wrayi)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 36 sec 4 -
bird taking a bath Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp tickelli)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 December 2010 2 years ago 16 sec 3.8
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A real forest skulker. Vocal and unmistakable musical song. Feeds by turning leaves over in search for grubs.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 30 January 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
I took this from a hide. No other way to see this one at such close range.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 20 March 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
found under a bamboo bush
Locality Weipu, Qingliu County, Fujian, China (Southern)
Wei Yichao 19 February 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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A pair calling back to playback. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Sam Woods 1 June 2008 3 years ago 4 -
song in bamboo Locality Namdapha National Park, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
(ssp hypoleucos)
Niels Poul Dreyer 15 January 2005 18 weeks ago 0
