Prakruti Parichay
TimaliidaePomatorhinus

Ri Lanka Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus melanurus

21.5–21.5 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. the only scimitar babbler in Sri Lanka. Only scimitar babbler in Sri Lnaka. Has striking white supercilium contrasting with dark ear-coverts. and down-curved yellow bill. Wet Zone nominate as chestnut-brown upperparts and sides of breast and flanks (olive-brown in dry zone holdsworth~. Voice Variety of loud, bubbling whistles. Formerly treated as conspecific with Indian Scimitar Babbler P. horsfieldii. Forest and well-wooded areas.

Colour

WhiteYellow
Average size
21.5 cm
Habitat
Forest and well-wooded areas.
Behaviour
Resident., as chestnut-brown upperparts and sides of breast and flanks (olive-brown in dry zone holdsworth~. Voice Variety of loud, bubbling whistles. Formerly treated as conspecific with Indian Scimitar Babbler P. horsfieldii.

About this bird

Resident. the only scimitar babbler in Sri Lanka. Only scimitar babbler in Sri Lnaka. Has striking white supercilium contrasting with dark ear-coverts. and down-curved yellow bill. Wet Zone nominate as chestnut-brown upperparts and sides of breast and flanks (olive-brown in dry zone holdsworth~. Voice Variety of loud, bubbling whistles. Formerly treated as conspecific with Indian Scimitar Babbler P. horsfieldii. Forest and well-wooded areas.

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Ri Lanka Scimitar Babbler is bigger than Bhutan Laughingthrush but smaller than Alpine Swift.

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Ri Lanka Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus melanurus

21.5–21.5 cm