coral billed scimiter babbler

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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 398 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..CORAL BILLED SCIMITAR BABBLER ...[From a Photograph of MR. BISWAPRIYA RAHUT] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2014... The coral-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. P[omatorhinus]. ferruginosus Blyth, 1845, Darjeeling, India. Nominate race perhaps better considered a separate species from other races on grounds of its different head pattern and crown-feather shape; such treatment possibly supported by vocal characteristics, but more samples needed. Races stanfordi, formosus and phayrei form a group. Proposed race mariae (from Toungoo Hills, in Myanmar) synonymized with albogularis owing to improbable distribution, but is slightly weaker buff below than latter and worthy of further investigation; namdapha (extreme E Arunachal Pradesh, in NE India) treated as synonym of stanfordi. Birds in C Laos paler below than orientalis and may represent an undescribed race. 24 cm; 40–48 g. Largish scimitar-babbler with white supercilium, black mask and medium-length red bill, underparts rich rufous. Apparent song of nominate a loud, piercing, rich, slightly burry, slurred “fíéwfufíyéw”. Insects and larvae; observed also to peel off and swallow thin strips of bamboo.