| Black-headed Shrike-babbler | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | see text |
| Genus: | Pteruthius |
| Species: | P. rufiventer |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteruthius rufiventer Blyth, 1842 |
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The Black-headed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius rufiventer) is a bird species traditionally placed with the Old World babblers in the family Timaliidae.[2] However, it might be one of the few Eurasian vireos (Vireonidae).
It is found in India, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.