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Black-necklaced scimitar babbler

Erythrogenys erythrocnemis · Family Timaliidae

Erythrogenys erythrocnemis

Family Timaliidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Timaliidae
GBIF occurrence records
57,782
Countries and territories with records
6
Black-necklaced scimitar babbler
LiCheng Shih · RBD7602 Erythrogenys erythrocnemis (52700055447) (cropped).jpg · CC BY 2.0 · LiCheng Shih · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 57,782 occurrence records from 6 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Taiwan accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.27% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Erythrogenys erythrocnemis combines the genus name Erythrogenys with the species epithet erythrocnemis. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Erythrogenys; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Erythrogenys erythrogenys, Erythrogenys hypoleucos and Erythrogenys gravivox.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 56 species of the family Timaliidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cyanoderma ruficeps. Its record count is 3.1 times the family average (18,656). The family Timaliidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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