Black-eared Shrike-babbler

Black-eared shrike-babbler (Pteruthius melanotis) is a bird species in the vireo family, Vireonidae. It was traditionally considered as an aberrant Old World babbler and formerly placed in the family Timaliidae. It was long noted that their habits resembled those of vireos, but this was previously ascribed to the result of convergent evolution. It is found in Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to western Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This is a very small bird with average size of about 11 cm. Male has a chestnut throat and breast and white wing-bars. Juvenile is similar to female.
This picture was taken in the eastern himalayas at Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India at an altitude of 2200 mt.