Babblers (Timaliidae)

White-browed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis) - HBW 12, p. 284

French: Allotrie à sourcils blancs German: Weißbrauen-Würgertimalie Spanish: Timalí-alcaudón Cejiblanco
Other common names: Red-winged/Black-crowned Shrike-babbler, Greater Shrike-babbler

Taxonomy: Allotrius flaviscapis 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 ripleyi (from Pakistan E to W Nepal) treated as a synonym of validirostris, and lingshuiensis (Hainan) synonymized with ricketti. Populations in Peninsular Malaysia currently included in race cameranoi, but are in fact intermediate between that taxon and schauenseei. Individuals of this species recorded in SW, NE & SE Thailand, S.. View all taxonomy...

Subspecies and Distribution:

validirostris Koelz, 1951 - NE Pakistan E in W Himalayas to Bhutan and all NE Indian hill states, adjacent S China (SE Xizang) and NW & W Myanmar.
ricketti Ogilvie-Grant, 1904 - NE Myanmar, S & SE China (WC Sichuan S to W & NW Yunnan and E to N Fujian, also Hainan), N Thailand and N Indochina.
aeralatus Blyth, 1855 - E & SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim) and NW & W Thailand.

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validirostris Koelz, 1951 - NE Pakistan E in W Himalayas to Bhutan and all NE Indian hill states, adjacent S China (SE Xizang) and NW & W Myanmar.
ricketti Ogilvie-Grant, 1904 - NE Myanmar, S & SE China (WC Sichuan S to W & NW Yunnan and E to N Fujian, also Hainan), N Thailand and N Indochina.
aeralatus Blyth, 1855 - E & SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim) and NW & W Thailand.
annamensis Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - S Vietnam (S Annam) and adjacent extreme E Cambodia.
schauenseei Deignan, 1946 - S Thailand.
cameranoi Salvadori, 1879 - Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
robinsoni Chasen & Kloss, 1931 - Borneo.
flaviscapis (Temminck, 1836) - Java.