Babblers (Timaliidae)
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys) - HBW 12, p. 165
French: Pomatorhin à joues rousses
German: Rotwangensäbler
Spanish: Cimitarra Carirrufa
Other common names: Salvadori's Scimitar-babbler
Taxonomy: Pomatorhinus erythrogenys Vigors, 1832, "the district Simla-Almora", Himalayas, north India.
Forms a species group, and has commonly been treated as conspecific, with P. mcclellandi, P. gravivox, P. swinhoei and P. erythrocnemis, all having similar plumage. Proposed race haringtoni (Himalayas from Sikkim E to Bhutan) merged with ferrugilatus. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- erythrogenys Vigors, 1832 - NE Pakistan (Murree Hills) E to N India (Uttaranchal Pradesh).
- ferrugilatus Hodgson, 1836 - Nepal E to Bhutan.
- imberbis Salvadori, 1889 - E Myanmar.
- celatus Deignan, 1941 - NW Thailand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding at the edge of thick undergrowth. Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp erythrogenys)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 36 sec 3.7 -
bird feeding Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Christina Havard 11 February 2008 2 years ago 16 sec 3
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Close-up of the bird.
Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Ken Havard 11 February 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Zhemgang Road, Zhemgang District, Bhutan (ssp ferrugilatus)
Ken Havard 15 April 2011 14 weeks ago 2.8 -
A bird foraging on the ground
Locality Zhemgang Road, Zhemgang District, Bhutan (ssp ferrugilatus)
Arthur Grosset 2 April 2008 2 years ago 2.5 -
Foraging
Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Guy Poisson 8 November 2006 1 year ago 2.4 -
Uncommon
Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
jugal Tiwari 3 June 2011 49 weeks ago 2.3
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