slender billed scimitar babler

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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN (Observe the Bird and recognize)..SLENDER-BILLED SCIMITAR BABBLER....WATERCOLOUR...A4...2013....[From a PHOTOGRAPH of NORBU BHUTAN]...The Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler (Xiphirhynchus superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is the only member of the genus Xiphirhynchus. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.