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| Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus gravivox
- Adult |
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| Photographer : | © Christian Artuso |
| Location : | Lijiang, Yunnan |
| Date : |
8 July 2005 |
| Equipment : | Canon EOS 10D + 300F4/IS lens |
| Alt. Common Name : | Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler |
| Bird Family : | Timaliini - Babblers, babaxes, mesia, leiothrix, cutia, barwings, minlas, fulvettas, crociases, sibias, yuhinas, myzornis, parrotbills & rhabdornises |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Unspecified |
| Remarks : | recently split from P. erythrocnemis |
| Taxonomic Notes : | Formerly considered a subspecies of Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis and sometimes Pomatorhinus erythrogenys. Now treated as a separate species following Collar, N. J. (2006) A partial revision of the Asian babblers (Timaliidae). Forktail 22: 85-112.
Subspecies:
P. g. odicus - NE & E Myanmar. N Indochina, S Yunnan, Guizhou (except N)
P. g. decarlei - E Xizang, SW Sichuan, NE Yunnan
P. g. dedekensi - (N)E Xizang, S Qinghai, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan
P. g. gravivox - S Gansu, S Shaanxi, S Shanxi, NW Henan, N Sichuan
P. g. cowensae - C & E Sichuan, N Guizhou, W Hubei |
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