Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernUncommonInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 32 g

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 1 — Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Pavel Smirnov, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 5 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Brodie Cass Talbott, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) egorbirder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Jiao Sun (孙娇), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler

The streak-breasted scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

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Where it lives

Regular range

China India Hong Kong SAR China Nepal Bhutan Vietnam Myanmar (Burma) Laos

When to see it

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticepsThe white-browed scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

Sri Lanka Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus melanurusThe Sri Lanka scimitar babbler or Ceylon scimitar babbler is an Old World babbler.

Slender-billed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus superciliarisThe slender-billed scimitar babbler is a passerine bird in the Old World babbler family.

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