''Tephrodornis'' is a
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
usually placed in the
Vangidae.
There are four species:
*
Large woodshrike
The large woodshrike (''Tephrodornis virgatus'') is found in south-eastern Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and su ...
, ''Tephrodornis gularis''
Large Wood-shrike (''Tephrodornis virgatus'')
Internet Bird Collection. Accessed 3 January 2010. The scientific name of this is in dispute, and it is commonly referred to as ''T. gularis.'' or ''T. virgatus.''
* Malabar woodshrike
The Malabar woodshrike (''Tephrodornis sylvicola'') is a species of bird usually placed in the family Vangidae. It is found in western India. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the large woodshrike.
Gallery
Malabar woodshrike - Pr ...
, ''Tephrodornis sylvicola''
* Common woodshrike, ''Tephrodornis pondicerianus''
* Sri Lanka woodshrike, ''Tephrodornis affinis''
References
Shrikes
Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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