Babblers (Timaliidae)
Black-headed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius rufiventer) - HBW 12, p. 284
French: Allotrie à ventre roux
German: Rotbauch-Würgertimalie
Spanish: Timalí-alcaudón Ventrirrufo
Other common names: Rufous-bellied Shrike-babbler
Taxonomy: Pt[eruthius]. rufiventer Blyth, 1842, no locality = Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Relationships of genus uncertain; most of recent studies suggest that it does not belong in current family, and recent molecular analyses indicate that it should be placed in the New World family Vireonidae. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufiventer Blyth, 1842 - C & E Nepal E to NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur), W & NE Myanmar and S China (W & C Yunnan).
- delacouri Mayr, 1941 - W Tonkin (Fan Si Pan Mts), in N Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female moving around in a tree Locality Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp rufiventer)
Keith Blomerley 3 November 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 4.5
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Male along the road near Yonkola.
Locality Lingmethang Road, Bhutan
Tuomas Seimola 14 April 2010 22 weeks ago 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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