Spot-breasted scimitar babbler

The spot-breasted scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys mcclellandi) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

Spot-breasted scimitar babbler
at Khonoma, Nagaland
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Erythrogenys
Species:	E. mcclellandi
Binomial name
Erythrogenys mcclellandi (Godwin-Austen, 1870)

It is found in Eastern Himalaya and western Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by the bioaccumulation of mercury in its features.^[2]