Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler | |
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Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler. Note the unusually long bill used for probing crevices | |
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 Blyth, 1842 |
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.