Spot-breasted scimitar babbler

Spot-breasted scimitar babbler
at Khonoma, Nagaland
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Xu, Zhidong; Abeysinghe, Kasun S.; Xu, Xiaohang; Gu, Chunhao; Liang, Longchao; Lu, Qinhui; Zhang, Yubo; Zheng, Lirong; Wang, Wen-Xiong; Qiu, Guangle (2019-06-01). "New insights into the chemical forms of extremely high methylmercury in songbird feathers from a contaminated site". Chemosphere. 225: 803–809. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.060. ISSN 0045-6535.

Further reading

• 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.