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Taiwan scimitar babbler
Pomatorhinus musicus · Family Timaliidae
Pomatorhinus musicus
Family Timaliidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Timaliidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 211,750
- Countries and territories with records
- 5
About this species
This species has 211,750 occurrence records from 5 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 1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pomatorhinus musicus combines the genus name Pomatorhinus with the species epithet musicus. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Pomatorhinus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pomatorhinus horsfieldii, Pomatorhinus ruficollis and Pomatorhinus schisticeps.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 56 species of the family Timaliidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cyanoderma ruficeps. Its record count is 11.4 times the family average (18,656). The family Timaliidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.