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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
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| image = Black-eared Shrike Babbler Khangchendzonga national Park West Sikkim India 30.10.2015.jpg
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| image_caption = Subspecies ''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Khangchendzonga National Park]], [[Sikkim]], India.
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| image2 = Black-eared Shrike Babbler Nimachen Sikkim India 04.11.2014.jpg
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| image2_caption = Subspecies ''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Sikkim]], India.
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22716544 |title=''Pteruthius melanotis'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Pteruthius melanotis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22716544A94499229 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716544A94499229.en}}</ref>
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| genus = Pteruthius
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| image = File:Black-eared Shrike Babbler Khangchendzonga national Park West Sikkim India 30.10.2015.jpg
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| species = melanotis
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| image_caption = Subspecies ''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Khangchendzonga National Park]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]].
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| authority = [[Brian Houghton Hodgson|Hodgson]], 1847
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| image2 = Black-eared Shrike Babbler Nimachen Sikkim India 04.11.2014.jpg
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| image2_caption = Subspecies ''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]].
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = see text
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| genus = ''[[Pteruthius]]''
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| species = '''''P. melanotis'''''
| binomial = ''Pteruthius melanotis''
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| binomial_authority = [[Brian Houghton Hodgson|Hodgson]], 1847
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The '''black-eared shrike-babbler''' (''Pteruthius melanotis'') is a [[bird]] [[species]] traditionally considered an aberrant [[Old World babbler]] and placed in the [[family (biology)|family]] Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an [[Asia]]n offshoot of the [[United States|America]]n [[vireo]]s and may well belong in the Vireonidae. Indeed, since long it was noted that their habits resemble those of vireos, but this was believed to be the result of [[convergent evolution]].
The '''black-eared shrike-babbler''' ('''''Pteruthius melanotis''''') is a [[bird]] [[species]] in the [[vireo]] [[family (biology)|family]], Vireonidae. It was traditionally considered as an aberrant [[Old World babbler]] and formerly placed in the family Timaliidae. It was long noted that their habits resembled those of vireos, but this was previously ascribed to the result of [[convergent evolution]]. It is found in Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to western Malaysia. Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]]s.

It is found in [[Bhutan]], China, India, [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]]. Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]]s.
==Gallery==
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[[File:Black-eared Shrike-babbler Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary Sikkim India 29.03.2014.jpg|thumb|left|Subspecies ''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]].]]
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[[File:Black-eared Shrike-babbler Neora Valley National Park West Bengal India 29.04.2016.jpg|thumb|left|An individual from [[Neora Valley National Park]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].]]
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File:Black-eared Shrike-babbler Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary Sikkim India 29.03.2014.jpg|''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Sikkim]], India
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File:Black-eared Shrike-babbler Neora Valley National Park West Bengal India 29.04.2016.jpg|''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Neora Valley National Park]], [[West Bengal]], India.
File:Black-eared Shrike-babbler Khonoma Nagaland 19.10.2018.jpg|''Pteruthius melanotis melanotis'' from [[Khonoma]], [[Nagaland]], India
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==References==
==References==
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*Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp.&nbsp;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.
*Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp.&nbsp;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.

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[[Category:Pteruthius|black-eared shrike-babbler]]
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[[Category:Pteruthius]]
[[Category:Birds of Bhutan]]
[[Category:Birds of Laos]]
[[Category:Birds of Nepal]]
[[Category:Birds of Nepal]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1847]]
[[Category:Birds of Northeast India]]
[[Category:Birds of Yunnan]]
[[Category:Birds of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1847|black-eared shrike-babbler]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]




Latest revision as of 17:33, 21 December 2023

Black-eared shrike-babbler
Subspecies Pteruthius melanotis melanotis from Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim, India.
Subspecies Pteruthius melanotis melanotis from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Pteruthius
Species:
P. melanotis
Binomial name
Pteruthius melanotis
Hodgson, 1847

The black-eared shrike-babbler (Pteruthius melanotis) is a bird species in the vireo family, Vireonidae. It was traditionally considered as an aberrant Old World babbler and formerly placed in the family Timaliidae. It was long noted that their habits resembled those of vireos, but this was previously ascribed to the result of convergent evolution. It is found in Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to western Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pteruthius melanotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716544A94499229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716544A94499229.en.
  • 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.


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