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The Shrike-babblers is a group of small birds in the genus Pteruthius. They are native to the Indomalayan ecozone, and traditionally placed in the family Timaliidae, although genetic work suggests they belong in the otherwise New World family Vireonidae.[1][2]
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- ^ Reddy, S. (2008) Systematics and biogeography of the shrike-babblers (Pteruthius): Species limits, molecular phylogenetics, and diversification patterns across southern Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47:54–72
- ^ Reddy, S., Cracraft, J., 2007. Old World Shrike-babblers (Pteruthius) belong with New World Vireos (Vireonidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 44, 1352–1357.
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