Slender-billed scimitar babbler
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Pomatorhinus superciliaris

The slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris ) is a passerine bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found from the Himalayas to north-western Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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The slender-billed scimitar babbler was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Xiphirhynchus. It was moved to Pomatorhinus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study of the babblers published in 2009 that showed that it nested within a clade with other members of Pomatorhinus.

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References

1. Slender-billed scimitar babbler Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender-billed_scimitar_babbler
2. Slender-billed scimitar babbler on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22715994/94477796
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/682356

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