Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler

The rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Sexes alike. Olive brown above; orangish - rufous sides of face, head,thighs,flanks; remainder of under body mostly pure white; long, curved 'scimitar' beak. Small bands in forest; a bird of under growth, hopping on jungle floor, turns over leaves or digs with beak; sometimes hops in to leafy branches, but more at ease on ground. FOOD:insects,grubs, seeds. VOICE: noisy; mellow,fluty whistle, two-noted CUE..PE...CUE..pe followed by single note replay by mate; guttural alarm call and a liquid contact note. RANGE:the Himalaya foothills to at least 2200m and possibly to 2600m. HABITAT:forest undergrowth, ravines, bamboo.