Large woodshrike

Large woodshrike
At Manas National Park in Assam, India.
At Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Vangidae
Genus:Tephrodornis
Species: T. virgatus
Binomial name
Tephrodornis virgatus
(Temminck, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Tephrodornis gularis (Raffles, 1822)

The large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus) is found in south-eastern Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.[2] Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Taxonomy and systematics

It is usually placed in the Vangidae family. The Malabar woodshrike is sometimes considered conspecific with the large woodshrike.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Tephrodornis virgatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T103703834A94145293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103703834A94145293.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes & vangas « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
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