Rusty cheeked scimitar babbler by Pratim Das
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PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #617. OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...RUSTY CHEEKED SCIMITAR BABBLER... WATERCOLOUR...8*7 INCH.. 2015...[From the photograph of Megh Roy Choudhury maam] ... The rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Sexes alike. Olive brown above; orangish - rufous(rusty) sides of face, head,thighs,flanks; remainder of under body mostly pure white; long, curved 'scimitar' beak. Small bands in forest; a bird of under growth, hopping on jungle floor, turns over leaves or digs with beak; sometimes hops in to leafy branches, but more at ease on ground. FOOD:insects,grubs, seeds. VOICE: noisy; mellow,fluty whistle, two-noted CUE..PE...CUE..pe followed by single note replay by mate; guttural
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