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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]]
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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 ]]
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'''Alternative names: Red-winged Shrike-Babbler; Black-crowned Shrike-Babbler; Greater Shrike-Babbler'''
 
;[[:Category:Pteruthius|Pteruthius]] flaviscapis
 
;[[:Category:Pteruthius|Pteruthius]] flaviscapis
[[Image:White-browed_Shrike-Babbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by cskhaw<br />Photo taken: Fraser's hill, Malaysia.]]
 
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Bhutan]], [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].  
 
[[Bhutan]], [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].  
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==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]]
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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]]
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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]]
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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''.<br />
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Like all species of this genus most probably not a babbler but belonging to the [[:Category:Vireonidae|Vireos]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist montanes.
 
Moist montanes.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}#{{Ref-RasmussenAnderton05}}
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Pteruthius+flaviscapis}}
 
{{GSearch|Pteruthius+flaviscapis}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Pteruthius]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Pteruthius]]

Revision as of 19:47, 10 October 2009

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

Distribution

Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Taxonomy

Eight subspecies recognized:

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.
Like all species of this genus most probably not a babbler but belonging to the Vireos.

Habitat

Moist montanes.

Behaviour

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

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