Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler

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Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Xiphirhynchus
Blyth, 1842
Species: X. superciliaris
Binomial name
Xiphirhynchus superciliaris
Edward Blyth

The Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler (Xiphirhynchus superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. it is the only member of the genus Xiphirhynchus.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

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  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 70 - 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.