Naung Mung scimitar babbler is found in temperate rainforest on steep, sub-Himalayan hillsides.
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Scimitar babblers are rangy, medium-sized, floppy-tailed land birds with soft fluffy plumage.
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The slender-billed scimitar babbler was formerly placed in the monotypic genus " Xiphirhynchus ".
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Scimitar babblers have long downcurved bills, used to work through the leaf litter, which give the group its name.
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The former Taiwan subspecies " musicus " is usually now considered a distinct species as the Taiwan scimitar babbler.
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They typically have generalised bills, similar to those of a thrush or warbler, except for the scimitar babblers which, as their name implies, have strongly decurved bills.
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Common birds are scarlet minivet, small minivet, black bulbul, Sri Lanka scimitar babbler, grey-headed canary-flycatcher, pied bushchat, and Sri Lanka scaly thrush.
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The "'Naung Mung scimitar babbler "'( " Jabouilleia naungmungensis " ) is a bird in the Pellorneidae family, described as new to science in 2005.
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As with other babbler species, they frequently occur in groups of up to a dozen, and the rain forest species like Indian scimitar babbler often occur in the mixed feeding flocks typical of tropical Asian jungle.
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Most scimitar babblers are jungle species, difficult to observe in the dense vegetation they prefer, but like other babblers, these are noisy birds, and the characteristic bubbling calls are often the best indication that these birds are present.
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