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Photo of Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus)

Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler

Pomatorhinus melanurus

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. 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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