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Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler

Erythrogenys mcclellandi(Godwin-Austen, HH, 1870)

English (US) Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler

The Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Timaliidae (Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: Assam south of the Brahmaputra to western Myanmar (Chin Hills)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Erythrogenys mcclellandi
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler
Described by
(Godwin-Austen, HH, 1870)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
P[omatorhinus] McClellandi
Described by
(Godwin-Austen, HH, 1870)
Type locality
at Nenglo beyond Asalu, under the Burrail range, Assam.
Original description
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 39, pt.2, no.2 p.103-104

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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