Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler

Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis

Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Taroko National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

132 Verified sightings at Taroko National Park From 2019 to 2026
132 In 1 park
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler

The black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in Taiwan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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 →

Sounds

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Taiwan · 2026

© 歐陽秀華 · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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Taiwan · 2024

© David Tan · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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Taiwan · 2021

© jeff_huangchenho · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
2 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
3 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler in Taroko National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 132 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 80th most-seen of the 147 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler in Taroko National Park?

April

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and July–August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler?

Only Taroko National Park, in our data

Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Taroko National Park (132 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.

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