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Chestnut - fronted Shrike Babbler

Pteruthius aenobarbus

Photo by Mona Pirih
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Field Notes

Description:

Very small (11 cm) brightly coloured babbler. Male forehead, chin and throat is chestnut, upperparts olive - green with 2 bold white bars on black upperwings coverts. White eye ring and greyish - white supercilium. Underparts yellow. In Female, whitish underparts, chestnut only on forehead.

Habitat:

Uncommon bird of higher mountain, from 1000 m - 3000 m.

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Comments (4)
Mona Pirih
Thank you Tom. The male is very nice, has a chestnut - maroon on the head. It's more colorful.
Tom15
Nice bird, it looks a little like one of our Vireos.

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PublishedMay 25, 2013

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