Pied shrike-babbler

The pied shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis) is a bird species traditionally considered an aberrant Old World babbler and placed in the family Timaliidae. But as it seems, it belongs to an Asian offshoot of the American vireos and may well belong in the Vireonidae. Indeed, since long it was noted that their habits resemble those of vireos, but this was believed to be the result of convergent evolution.

Pied shrike-babbler
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vireonidae
Genus:	Pteruthius
Species:	P. flaviscapis
Binomial name
Pteruthius flaviscapis (Temminck, 1836)
Rough distribution of the taxa within the complex

It is endemic to Java. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-browed shrike-babbler.