Javan scimitar babbler

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Javan scimitar babbler
Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler - Ijen - East Java MG 7589 (29543406140).jpg
In East Java, Indonesia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Pomatorhinus
Species:
P. montanus
Binomial name
Pomatorhinus montanus
Horsfield, 1821

The Javan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus montanus) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is endemic to Java, Indonesia. The Sunda scimitar babbler (P. bornensis), which is found in Sumatra, Borneo, and Malaysia, was formerly considered conspecific, with both species being grouped as the chestnut-backed scimitar babbler. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

It feeds on invertebrates. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pomatorhinus montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22715972A94477204. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715972A94477204.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. Simamora, T.I.; Purbowo, S.D.; Laumonier, Y. (June 2021). "Looking for indicator bird species in the context of forest fragmentation and isolation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia". Global Ecology and Conservation. 27: e01610. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01610. ISSN   2351-9894.