The spot-breasted scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
| Spot-breasted scimitar babbler | |
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| at Khonoma, Nagaland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Erythrogenys |
| Species: | E. mcclellandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Erythrogenys mcclellandi (Godwin-Austen, 1870)
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.
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