Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler

Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler

Pomatorhinus melanurus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Yala National Park

Closest Relatives at Yala National Park

Tawny-bellied Babbler
LC

Tawny-bellied Babbler

Bird

Dumetia hyperythra

0–10% · With luck
Dark-fronted Babbler

Dark-fronted Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhopocichla atriceps

<5% · Rare
Indian Robin

Indian Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicoloides fulicatus

60–70% · Likely
Yellow-billed Babbler

Yellow-billed Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides affinis

50–60% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

50–60% · Likely
White-browed Fantail
LC

White-browed Fantail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhipidura aureola

50–60% · Likely
Barn Swallow
LC

Barn Swallow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hirundo rustica

40–50% · Likely
Purple-rumped Sunbird
LC

Purple-rumped Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptocoma zeylonica

40–50% · Likely
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
LC

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Terpsiphone paradisi

40–50% · Likely
White-browed Bulbul
LC

White-browed Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pycnonotus luteolus

40–50% · Likely
Black-hooded Oriole
LC

Black-hooded Oriole

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Oriolus xanthornus

40–50% · Likely
Common Iora
LC

Common Iora

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aegithina tiphia

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler at Yala National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
2 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
3 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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