Babblers (Timaliidae)
Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aenobarbus) - HBW 12, p. 286
French: Allotrie à front marron
German: Rotstirn-Würgertimalie
Spanish: Timalí-alcaudón Frenticastaño
Other common names: Lesser Shrike-babbler
Taxonomy: Allotrius ænobarbus Temminck, 1836, Java.
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. Proposed race laotianus (from Laos) considered inseparable from intermedius; recent review suggests that indochinensis and yaoshanensis might also be synonymized with intermedius (as influence of sample size, and variation with age and season, evidently not taken into account in previous taxonomic assessments). Five subspecies provisionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aenobarbulus Koelz, 1954 - Garo Hills (Meghalaya), in NE India.
- intermedius (Hume, 1877) - N, E & SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim), N & W Thailand, Laos, N Vietnam and S China (W & S Yunnan, Hainan).
- yaoshanensis Stresemann, 1929 - Yao Shan (Guangxi), in SE China.
- aenobarbulus Koelz, 1954 - Garo Hills (Meghalaya), in NE India.
- intermedius (Hume, 1877) - N, E & SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim), N & W Thailand, Laos, N Vietnam and S China (W & S Yunnan, Hainan).
- yaoshanensis Stresemann, 1929 - Yao Shan (Guangxi), in SE China.
- indochinensis Delacour, 1927 - S Vietnam (S Annam).
- aenobarbus (Temminck, 1836) - Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in the top from the tree, foraging around. Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp intermedius)
Yoel Jimenez 9 December 2010 1 year ago 13 sec 3.1 -
One bird within a flock Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp intermedius)
Daniêl Jimenez 8 December 2010 1 year ago 4 sec 3 -
Brief view of a male in the canopy of a tree, repeated at slow motion (15 %). Locality Loxo Pass, Annam, Vietnam (ssp indochinensis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 2.7 -
A male preening and stretching the wings in a tree moved by strong wind. Locality Loxo Pass, Annam, Vietnam (ssp indochinensis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 2.3
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