Black-headed Shrike-babbler
Pteruthius rufiventerBlyth, E, 1842
English (US) Black-headed Shrike-babbler
The Black-headed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius rufiventer) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Vireonidae (Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Nepal to Bhutan, Assam, northern Myanmar, Sichuan, northwestern Yunnan, and northwestern Vietnam (Fansipan Mountain)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pteruthius rufiventer
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Shrike-babbler
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1842
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pt[eruthius] rufiventer
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1842
- Type locality
- no locality; Darjeeling, West Bengal, apud Baker.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, pt.1, no.122 p.183
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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