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ShrublandDomed nestSmall · 55 g
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The species is olive-brown above, with rusty colouring on the sides of the face, head, thighs, and flanks. The belly is mostly white. Sexes are alike. The beak is long and decurved in a scimitar shape.
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When to see the Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in China.
About the Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
The rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler is a passerine bird in the babbler family Timaliidae that is found in the Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to Bhutan. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the red-eyed scimitar babbler that is found in eastern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand.
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Easily confused with
Black-necklaced Scimitar BabblerErythrogenys erythrocnemisThe black-necklaced scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
Large Scimitar BabblerErythrogenys hypoleucosThe large scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
Black-streaked Scimitar BabblerErythrogenys gravivoxThe black-streaked scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
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