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Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus melanurus

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The Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler or Ceylon Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus) 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.[2] 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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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jan 6, 2013
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013

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