Old World babbler
The Sri Lanka scimitar babbler or Ceylon scimitar babbler ("Pomatorhinus melanurus") is an Old World babbler. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka, and was formerly treated as a subspecies of Indian scimitar babbler. The nominate form is found in the western part of wet hill regions of Sri Lanka, while race "holdsworthi" is found in the dry lowlands and eastern hills.