Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Vireonidae (Shrike-Babblers and allies)

• Pteruthius Swainson, 1832 Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds 2(1831) p.491 Lanius erythropterus Gould ; Type by original designation = Lanius erythropterus Vigors, 1831= Pteruthius ripleyi Biswas, 1960
  • 654. Black-headed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer Blyth, 1842 [HB#1340]
    Original Description: Pt[eruthius}. rufiventer Blyth, 1842 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11 p.183 (Darjeeling)
    Alternative Names: Rufous-bellied Shrike-Babbler
    Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
    Specimens: ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, BNHM
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 655. White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aeralatus Blyth, 1855
    Original Description: Pteruthius aeralatus Blyth, 1855 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 24, N° 3 p. 267-268
    Alternative Names: Red-winged Shrike-Babbler (with P. flaviscapis EL); [Blyth's Shrike-Babbler, Himalayan Shrike-Babbler]
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 655a. Pteruthius aeralatus ripleyi Biswas, 1960 [HB#1341]
      Original Description: Pteruthius validirostris ripleyi Biswas, 1960 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 80 p.106
      Taxonomy: Sometimes treated as a distinct species (e.g. H&M4) or as a subspecies of P. validirostris or sometimes even as a junior synonym of validirostris (e.g., RA2012).
      Distribution: W Himalaya from about Kashmir (sporadic) Jammu, Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, LKO
    • 655b. Pteruthius aeralatus validirostris Koelz, 1951 [HB#1341]
      Original Description: Pteruthius erythropterus validirostris Koelz, 1951 Journal of the Zoological Society of India 3 p.28 (Kohima, Nagaland)
      Taxonomy: Taxonomic status of birds in N Bengal and Sikkim unresolved but tentatively parked under this taxon. Includes here nocrecus Koelz 1952 from Tura mountain, Garo hills, E Meghalaya and glauconotus Koelz 1954 from Sangau, Mizoram.
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim. W Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: UMMZ#190724 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, BNHM
  
  
  • 656. Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus Gray & Gray, 1847
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 656a. Pteruthius xanthochlorus occidentalis Harington, 1913 [HB#1342]
      Original Description: Pterythius xanthochloris occidentalis Harington, 1913 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 33 p.82 (Dehradun)
      Distribution: Kashmir (local), Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1888.5.30.237 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, YPM
    • 656b. Pteruthius xanthochlorus xanthochlorus Gray & Gray, 1847 [HB#1343]
      Original Description: Pteruthius xanthochlorus Gray & Gray, 1847 Catalogue of the specimens and drawings of mammalia and birds of Nepal and Thibet. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. to the British Museum p.95,155
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal.
      Specimens: NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM
    • 656c. Pteruthius xanthochlorus hybrida Harington, 1913 [HB#1344]
      Original Description: Pterythius pallidus hybrida Harington, 1913 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 33 p.82
      Distribution: Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: UMMZ, FMNH
  
  
  • 657. Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis Hodgson, 1847
    Alternative Names: Chestnut-throated Shrike-Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 657a. Pteruthius melanotis melanotis Hodgson, 1847 [HB#1345]
      Original Description: Pt[eruthius]. melanotis Hodgson, 1847 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16 p.448 (Terai, Southeast Himalaya)
      Taxonomy: Includes melanops Koelz 1952 from Kohima, Nagaland.
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
  
  
  • 658. Clicking Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius intermedius (Hume, 1877)
    Original Description: Allotrius intermedius Hume, 1877 Stray Feathers Vol. 5, N° 2 p. 112-115
    Taxonomy: Sometimes treated as a subspecies of extralimital P. aenobarbus (Temminck, 1836) (HBW/BLI).
    Alternative Names: Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler (with P. aenobarbus EL)
    IUCN: Not Recognised. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 658a. Pteruthius intermedius aenobarbulus Koelz, 1954 [HB#1346]
      Original Description: Pteruthius aenobarbus aenobarbulus Koelz, 1954 Contributions from the Institute for Regional Exploration no.1 p.9 (Nokrek, Garo hills, Meghalaya)
      Distribution: Nokrek in Garo hills (Meghalaya).
      Type Specimen: UMMZ#147837 (Holotype).
      Specimens: UMMZ
      Notes: One of the least known taxa from India. Not reported since its original collection in March 1950.
  
  
• Erpornis Hodgson, 1844 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13 pt1 no.149 p.379 Erpornis zantholeuca Blyth, 1844; Type by original designation and monotypy
  • 659. White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca Blyth, 1844
    Alternative Names: White-bellied Yuhina
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 659a. Erpornis zantholeuca zantholeuca Blyth, 1844 [HB#1375]
      Original Description: Erp[ornis]. zantholeuca Blyth, 1844 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13 p.380
      Distribution: Uttarakhand, N Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, RBINS, UMMZ, FMNH, USNM, YPM, BNHM