Red-billed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps)
About the Red-billed Scimitar Babbler
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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 26 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in China, India, Thailand, Vietnam in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Indian Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus horsfieldiirecording
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