---
title: "Formosasäbler"
description: "Pomatorhinus musicus — Vögel. The Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus) is a bird in the family Timaliidae, the Old World babblers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/taiwan-scimitar-babbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Formosasäbler

> Pomatorhinus musicus — Vögel. The Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus) is a bird in the family Timaliidae, the Old World babblers.

- Scientific name: *Pomatorhinus musicus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 2351
- Wikidata: [Q1310940](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1310940)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73269](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73269)

## Names

- en: Taiwan Scimitar-Babbler
- de: Formosasäbler
- es: Cimitarra de Formosa
- fr: Pomatorhin de Taïwan
- pt: Cimitarra-da-formosa
- pl: Łączniak plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

TW (2080)

## Summary

The Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus) is a bird in the family Timaliidae, the Old World babblers. It is endemic to Taiwan. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1859. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the streak-breasted scimitar babbler. Its population is declining, but not rapidly enough for it to be considered vulnerable.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_scimitar_babbler

## Photo

![Formosasäbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/taiwan-scimitar-babbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: 烏衣行 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158037931

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/taiwan-scimitar-babbler?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).