Pteruthius aeralatus Blyth, 1855
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Blyth's Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus validirostris, Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Open encyclopedia reference
The white-browed shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus) is a bird species found in the eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia from northern Burma to southern Cambodia. Like others in the genus it is found in montane forests. Males and females have different plumages and variations occur through its range with several populations being treated as subspecies. It is part of a cryptic species complex and was earlier lumped as a subspecies of the white-browed shrike-babbler. Clements lumps this bird into the white-browed shrike-babbler.
Wikipedia contributors, White-browed shrike-babbler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:09:29.217696+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pteruthius aeralatus Blyth, 1855
- Name authority
- Blyth, 1855
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vireonidae
- Genus
- Pteruthius
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyVireonidae
- genusPteruthius Swainson, 1832
- speciesPteruthius aeralatus Blyth, 1855
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pteruthius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| White-browed Shrike-BabblerPteruthius flaviscapis (Temminck, 1836) | VireonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pteruthius intermedius (Hume, 1877) | VireonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed Shrike-BabblerPteruthius rufiventer Blyth, 1842 | VireonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green Shrike-BabblerPteruthius xanthochlorus J. E. Gray & G. R. Gray, 1847 | VireonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pteruthius ripleyi Biswas, 1960 | VireonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-fronted Shrike-BabblerPteruthius aenobarbus (Temminck, 1836) | VireonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-eared Shrike-BabblerPteruthius melanotis Hodgson, 1847 | VireonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916185 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4Q749. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.