Pomatorhinus superciliaris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris) is a passerine bird in the Old World babbler family. It is found from the Himalayas to north-western Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The slender-billed scimitar babbler was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Xiphirhynchus. It was moved to Pomatorhinus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study of the babblers published in 2009 that showed that it nested within a clade with other members of Pomatorhinus.
BirdLife International 2004. Xiphirhynchus superciliaris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. 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. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler sighting in Langtang National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 145th most-seen of the 225 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler in Langtang National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–September and December, the lowest months. That is one of Langtang National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 390 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Langtang National Park, in our data
Langtang National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pomatorhinus
The closest relatives of the Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler that you can see in Langtang National Park (genus Pomatorhinus, Eyebrowed Scimitar-Babblers) are Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (about 10%) and Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Langtang National Park (16 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
