Red-billed scimitar babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Pomatorhinus
Species:
P. ochraceiceps
Binomial name
Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
Walden, 1873

The Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in Northeast India, Southeast Asia and adjacent parts of southern China. It has a long reddish-orange decurved bill that is typical of Scimitar-Babblers, a rather long white supercilium, and brown upperparts and tail. Sexes are similar.

It is typically found between 300-2400m across its range and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, particularly favouring bamboo clumps and Fokienia-dominated forest. It feeds mainly on invertebrates but is also known to take nectar from flowers. It is a frequent participant of mixed-species bird flocks, often associating with the White-hooded Babbler.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715984A94477385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715984A94477385.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.