Black-eared Shrike-babbler
Pteruthius melanotis Hodgson, 1847
Vireonidae — Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
Black-eared Shrike-babbler, Pteruthius melanotis, is a passerine in the family Vireonidae and breeds from the Himalayas to western Malaysia in the Oriental Region. It was described by Hodgson in 1847. It is associated with subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The bird was once treated as an unusual Old World babbler and placed in Timaliidae, but it is now recognised within the vireo family. Its resemblance to vireos was long noted, although that likeness was formerly explained as the result of convergent evolution.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vireonidae — Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Himalayas to w Malaysia
