White-browed Scimitar Babbler
(Họa mi đất mày trắng, Pomatorhinus schisticeps)
The white-browed scimitar babbler is a species of jungle bird with long downcurved bills in the family Timaliidae.
Difference:
- Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps): Red bill, ruffous or brownish cap,
- White-browed Scimitar-Babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps): Yellow bill, gray or slaty cap, ruffous-red feather on the sides of the nape.
Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".
Pomarinus Pomatorhinus / pomatorhinus Greek: poma,pomatos lid, cover; rhis, rhinos nostrils.
schisticeps: schistus slate ( schistos type of fissile stone); -ceps -headed, -fold