Thai National Parks

Blyth's shrike-babbler

Binomial name: Pteruthius aeralatus (Edward Blyth, 1855)

Blyth's 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.

Description

Blyth's Shrike-babbler is sexually dimorphic. There are many variations between the populations and some are more distinctive than others but they may not be easy to diagnose in the field. In general appearance it is very similar to the Himalayan Shrike-babbler but all subspecies with the exception of validirostris have the tertials of males partly coloured rufous and partly fulvous.

The common name commemorates Edward Blyth (1810–1873), who published the description and notes based on Samuel Tickell's specimen. It was earlier called Tickell's Shrike-Tit.

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Blyth's shrike-babbler is found in following locations in Thailand

Please note that this non-official list is not complete nor necessarily accurate. This list is a summary of checklists from other websites, blogs, publications, photo/videos published on various websites or our own findings. We appreciate your contributions with photo proof.

• Doi Inthanon National Park
• Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
• Doi Suthep-Pui National Park
• Kaeng Krachan National Park
• Mae Wong National Park
• Pha Daeng National Park
• Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park