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Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler

ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෑ-දෙමලිච්චා இலங்கை கூன்வாள் சிலம்பன்

Pomatorhinus melanurus

Least concernEndemic

Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler
Punitha Satharasinnghe · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

The Sri Lanka scimitar babbler or Ceylon scimitar babbler is an Old World babbler. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka and was formerly treated as a subspecies of Indian scimitar babbler. The nominate form is found in the western part of wet hill regions of Sri Lanka, while race holdsworthi is found in the dry lowlands and eastern hills.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (EN): Sri Lanka scimitar babbler — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (SI): ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෑ-දෙමලිච්චා — CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikipedia (TA): இலங்கை கூன்வாள் சிலம்பன் — CC BY-SA 4.0