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Pteruthius rufiventer
Diet
Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Range
Eastern Nepal to north-western Vietnam
The black-headed shrike-babbler was traditionally placed with the Old World babblers in the family Timaliidae, but might be one of the few Eurasian vireos. It is found in an area ranging from eastern Nepal to north-western Vietnam, in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account is short and gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 treats it as an Eastern Himalayan endemic and rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident and altitudinal migrant forest bird that eats invertebrates, with a Restricted range of about 24,000 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).