Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler

Slender-billed Scimitar-babbler
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.

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