Black-eared Shrike-Babbler
Pteruthius melanotis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The black-eared shrike-babbler 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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vireonidae
- Genus
- Pteruthius