The Chestnut-backed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus montanus is a babbler found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The babblers are in the family Timaliidae. Babblers are noisy birds and the characteristic bubbling calls are often the best indication that these birds are present. They frequently occur in groups of up to a dozen. Pomatorhinus is a genus of scimitar-babblers, jungle birds with long down curved bills.