Sri Lanka scimitar babbler

Pomatorhinus melanurus

The Sri Lanka scimitar babbler or Ceylon scimitar babbler 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.
Sri Lanka scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus melanurus) Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka. Jan 28, 2015. Geotagged,Pomatorhinus melanurus,Sri Lanka,Sri Lanka scimitar babbler,Winter

Cultural

Most scimitar babbler species are referred as ''parandel kurulla'' by the Sinhala speaking community. The term 'parandel' refers to dried grass and probably refers to the color of the bird. The vernacular name of the bird ''parandel kurulla'' roughly translates to English as 'dried-grass colored bird'. This bird appears in a 4.50 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTimaliidae
GenusPomatorhinus
SpeciesP. melanurus
Photographed in
Sri Lanka