Pteruthius flaviscapis (*) Cladus: Eukaryota Name Pteruthius flaviscapis (Temminck, 1835) Vernacular names Reference Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux livr.99 pl.589 fig.1 The White-browed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis) is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the family Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an Asian offshoot of the American vireos 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. It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. References * BirdLife International 2004. Pteruthius flaviscapis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. Source: Wikipedia, Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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