Black-headed shrike-babbler

Black-headed shrike-babbler
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: see text
Genus: Pteruthius
Species: P. rufiventer
Binomial name
Pteruthius rufiventer
Blyth, 1842

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.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Pteruthius rufiventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 70 - 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.