10 April 2011

Black-Eared Shrike-Babbler (Pteruthius melanotis)

The Black-eared Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius melanotis) is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the familyTimaliidae.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane 

                                                                                                                             Loc - FH 4/11
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4 comments:

  1. AriApril 10, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    I missed this one too! next time must not let be out of sight!

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  2. MadibirderApril 13, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    I think it is a warbler most probably a Yellow Browed.

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  3. TankApril 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    Ari - hehe..too fast maybe...

    Madi - noted with thanks, I am using Burung2 Fraser Hill as ref.

    thanks anyway

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  4. WILD WINGSJanuary 16, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    This is definitely not a shrike-babbler, from the bill and brow.. but the juvy of the scarce Yellow-browed warbler. At aptil this guys are staying rather late and should be on their way north.

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