Black-eared Shrike-babbler
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0

Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos

Black-eared Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius melanotis

LCLeast Concern
Family
Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos (Vireonidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The black-eared shrike-babbler (Pteruthius melanotis) 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.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.