The red-eyed scimitar babbler was first described by Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori in 1889 from a specimen collected by Leonardo Fea near the mountain of Yado Taung, 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Leiktho in Myanmar. Salvadori placed the specimen in the genusPomatorhinus and coined the binomial namePomatorhinus imberbis where the specific epithet is Latin meaning "beardless".[1][2] It was later moved the genus Erythrogenys and treated as a subspecies of the rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler under the name E. e. imberbis. Following a 2023 study, it was classified as a distinct species based on morphological and vocalization differences.[3][4][5]
E. i. celata (Deignan, 1941) - Shan State, Myanmar and northwest Thailand
Description
The red-eyed babbler can be differentiated from its relatives by its red iris, dark bill, brown-orange ear coverts, grey lore and the lack of breast streaking on most individuals.[3]
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