Black-headed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius rufiventer) [XC157817]
by Arka Sarkar from Mishmi, above Hunli (3), Arunachal Pradesh, India (call)
Black-headed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius rufiventer) [XC79732]
by Frank Lambert from Bombdila Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, India (song)
Subspecies
Relationships of genus uncertain. Most of recent studies indicate that it should be placed in the New World family Vireonidae.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
rufiventer Blyth, 1842 - Central and eastern Nepal east to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur), western and north-eastern Myanmar and southern China (western and central Yunnan).
delacouri Mayr, 1941 - Western Tonkin (Fan Si Pan Mts), in northern Vietnam.