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[[Image:White Browed Shrike Babbler - Male.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Jason+Tan|Jason Tan}}<br />[[Malaysia]], May 2008]]
'''White-browed Shrike-Babbler''' (also known as '''Black-crowned Shrike-Babbler''', '''Red-winged Shrike-Babbler''' or '''Greater Shrike-Babbler''') has been split into four species:
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[[Image:19005White-brewed Shrike-babbler.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Karim+Madoya|Karim Madoya}}<br />Tinompok, [[Borneo]], [[Malaysia]], April 2007 ]]
*''Pteruthius flaviscapis'' - '''[[Pied Shrike-Babbler]]'''
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'''Alternative names: Red-winged Shrike-Babbler; Black-crowned Shrike-Babbler; Greater Shrike-Babbler'''
*''Pteruthius ripleyi'' - '''[[Himalayan Shrike-Babbler]]'''
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;[[:Category:Pteruthius|Pteruthius]] flaviscapis
*''Pteruthius aeralatus'' - '''[[Blyth's Shrike-Babbler]]'''
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==Identification==
*''Pteruthius annamensis'' - '''[[Dalat Shrike-Babbler]]'''
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14cm. A medium-sized Shrike-Babbler:
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'''Male'''
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* Broad white supercilium on black cap
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* Grey mantle
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* Black wings and tail
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* Chestnut win-panel (more yellowish in some subspecies)
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* Whitish (greyish in ''ricketti'') underparts
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* Vinous-washed vent
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'''Female'''
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* Greyish cap with little or missing supercilium
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* Greyish-olive upperparts
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* Mostly green-gold wings and tail
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==Distribution==
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Found from northeast [[Pakistan]] east along the [[Himalayas]] to [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]], [[Burma]] and South [[China]] to [[Indochina]], [[Thailand]], peninsular [[Malaysia]], [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Java]].<br />
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Commonest of all Shrike-Babblers.
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==Taxonomy==
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Eight subspecies recognized:
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* ''P. f. validirostris'' from [[Pakistan]] along the [[Himalayas]] to [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]], northeast [[India]], adjacent [[Tibet]] and northwest and west [[Burma]], sometimes split as '''Himalayan Shrike-Babbler'''
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* ''P. f. ricketti'' in northeast [[Burma]], [[China]] (Sichuan and Yunnan to Fujian and Hainan), north [[Thailand]] and northern [[Indochina]]
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* ''P. f. aeralatus'' in east and southeast [[Burma]] and northwest and west [[Thailand]]
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* ''P. f. annamensis'' in south [[Vietnam]] and adjacent east [[Cambodia]], sometimes split as '''Dalat Shrike-Babbler'''
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* ''P. f. schauenseei'' in south [[Thailand]]
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* ''P. f. cameranoi'' in peninsular [[Malaysia]] and [[Sumatra]]
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* ''P. f. robinsoni'' in [[Borneo]]
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* ''P. f. flaviscapis'' in [[Java]], sometimes split as '''Pied Shrike-Babbler'''
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The described subspecies ''ripleyi'' is a synonym of ''validirostris'', ''lingshuiensis'' from Hainan included in ''ricketti''. Birds in peninsular [[Malaysia]] are better treated as intermediate between ''cameranoi'' and ''schauenseei''. ''Aeralatus'', ''robinsoni'', ''cameranoi'', ''schauenseei'' and ''ricketti'' are also split as '''Blyth's Shrike-Babbler''', ''P. aeralatus''. <br />
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Like all species of this genus most probably not a babbler but belonging to the [[:Category:Vireonidae|Vireos]].
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==Habitat==
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Moist montanes. Found at 900 - 2700m, locally lower.
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==Behaviour==
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Feeds on insects but takes also berries and seeds.<br />
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Usually seen singly, in pairs or small groups of 6 - 15 birds, often in mixed flocks with other species. Forages slowly in higher canopy. Not shy and aggressive towards other birds.<br />
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Breeding season from April to June in [[India]], [[Burma]] and [[China]], January to April in [[Thailand]]. The nest is a loose cradle or shallow cup made of rootlest, fibres, tendrils and some twigs. It's placed 4 to 16m above the ground in a tree fork. Lays 2 - 5 eggs.<br />
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Resident species with some altitudinal movements in the Himalayas reported.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}#{{Ref-RasmussenAnderton05}}#Rheindt & Eaton 2009. Species limits in Pteruthius (Aves: Corvida) shrike-babblers: a comparison between the Biological and Phylogenetic Species Concepts. Zootaxa 2301: 29–54.
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Pteruthius+flaviscapis}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pteruthius]]

Revision as of 20:50, 4 August 2023

Male
Photo by Jason Tan
Malaysia, May 2008
Female
Photo by Karim Madoya
Tinompok, Borneo, Malaysia, April 2007

Alternative names: Red-winged Shrike-Babbler; Black-crowned Shrike-Babbler; Greater Shrike-Babbler

Pteruthius flaviscapis

Identification

14cm. A medium-sized Shrike-Babbler:

Male

  • Broad white supercilium on black cap
  • Grey mantle
  • Black wings and tail
  • Chestnut win-panel (more yellowish in some subspecies)
  • Whitish (greyish in ricketti) underparts
  • Vinous-washed vent

Female

  • Greyish cap with little or missing supercilium
  • Greyish-olive upperparts
  • Mostly green-gold wings and tail

Distribution

Found from northeast Pakistan east along the Himalayas to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and South China to Indochina, Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and Java.
Commonest of all Shrike-Babblers.

Taxonomy

Eight subspecies recognized:

  • P. f. validirostris from Pakistan along the Himalayas to Nepal, Bhutan, northeast India, adjacent Tibet and northwest and west Burma, sometimes split as Himalayan Shrike-Babbler
  • P. f. ricketti in northeast Burma, China (Sichuan and Yunnan to Fujian and Hainan), north Thailand and northern Indochina
  • P. f. aeralatus in east and southeast Burma and northwest and west Thailand
  • P. f. annamensis in south Vietnam and adjacent east Cambodia, sometimes split as Dalat Shrike-Babbler
  • P. f. schauenseei in south Thailand
  • P. f. cameranoi in peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
  • P. f. robinsoni in Borneo
  • P. f. flaviscapis in Java, sometimes split as Pied Shrike-Babbler

The described subspecies ripleyi is a synonym of validirostris, lingshuiensis from Hainan included in ricketti. Birds in peninsular Malaysia are better treated as intermediate between cameranoi and schauenseei. Aeralatus, robinsoni, cameranoi, schauenseei and ricketti are also split as Blyth's Shrike-Babbler, P. aeralatus.
Like all species of this genus most probably not a babbler but belonging to the Vireos.

Habitat

Moist montanes. Found at 900 - 2700m, locally lower.

Behaviour

Feeds on insects but takes also berries and seeds.
Usually seen singly, in pairs or small groups of 6 - 15 birds, often in mixed flocks with other species. Forages slowly in higher canopy. Not shy and aggressive towards other birds.
Breeding season from April to June in India, Burma and China, January to April in Thailand. The nest is a loose cradle or shallow cup made of rootlest, fibres, tendrils and some twigs. It's placed 4 to 16m above the ground in a tree fork. Lays 2 - 5 eggs.
Resident species with some altitudinal movements in the Himalayas reported.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
  3. Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
  4. Rheindt & Eaton 2009. Species limits in Pteruthius (Aves: Corvida) shrike-babblers: a comparison between the Biological and Phylogenetic Species Concepts. Zootaxa 2301: 29–54.

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