Biology:Spot-breasted scimitar babbler

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Short description: Species of bird

Spot-breasted scimitar babbler
Pomatorhinus mcclellandi.jpg
at Khonoma, Nagaland
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Erythrogenys
Species:
E. mcclellandi
Binomial name
Erythrogenys mcclellandi
(Godwin-Austen, 1870)

The spot-breasted scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

It is found in Eastern Himalaya and western Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by the bioaccumulation of mercury in its features.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Erythrogenys mcclellandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22734503A95088052. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734503A95088052.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22734503/95088052. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Xu, Zhidong; Abeysinghe, Kasun S.; Xu, Xiaohang; Gu, Chunhao; Liang, Longchao; Lu, Qinhui; Zhang, Yubo; Zheng, Lirong et al. (2019-06-01). "New insights into the chemical forms of extremely high methylmercury in songbird feathers from a contaminated site" (in en). Chemosphere 225: 803–809. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.060. ISSN 0045-6535. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653519304965. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q1091284 entry