锈脸钩嘴鹛（学名：Pomatorhinus erythrogenys），是画眉科钩嘴鹛属的一种，分布于巴基斯坦、缅甸、孟加拉国、不丹、中国大陆、印度、泰国、**和尼泊尔。全球活动范围约为95,900平方千米。该物种的保护状况被评为无危。

锈脸钩嘴鹛的平均体重约为54.5克。栖息地包括温带森林和温带疏灌丛，常见于山地或丘陵耕地近旁的灌丛、树丛以及草丛间。该物种的模式产地在喜马拉雅山脉地区。

The rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, ******, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Sexes alike. Olive brown above; orangish - rufous(rusty) sides of face, head,thighs,flanks; remainder of under body mostly pure white; long, curved 'scimitar' beak. Small bands in forest; a bird of under growth, hopping on jungle floor, turns over leaves or digs with beak; sometimes hops in to leafy branches, but more at ease on ground. FOOD:insects,grubs, seeds. VOICE: noisy; mellow,fluty whistle, two-noted CUE..PE...CUE..pe followed by single note replay by mate; guttural alarm call and a liquid contact note. RANGE:the Himalaya foothills to at least 2200m and possibly to 2600m. HABITAT:forest undergrowth, ravines, bamboo.