- Passeriformes
- Pellorneidae
Short-tailed Scimitar-Babbler Napothera danjoui
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Identification
Smudgy, dark brown babbler with a short tail and a long bill shaped like a scimitar (a curved sword). Generally similar in appearance to other long-billed wren-babblers but no range overlap. Forages on the ground in lowland and mountainous broadleaved forests, often in densely vegetated areas where it can be exceedingly difficult to see; listen for its song, a series of short haunting whistles.