Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)

Other Names (World)
Common Woodshrike, Common Wood-shrike, Lesser Wood-shrike, Ceylon Wood-shrike (affinis)

Family
Vangidae (Vangas And Allies)

Size
14.50 - 17.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) [XC240318]
by Mike Nelson from Tmat Boey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (call)

Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) [XC426938]
by Sagar Adhurya from Manas National Park, Assam, India (call)

Subspecies
Taxonomic position of genus uncertain. Subspecies affinis sometimes regarded as a separate species. Nominate subspecies intergrades with pallidus in north-western India.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

pallidus Ticehurst, 1920 - Pakistan (eastern Baluchistan, Punjab, Sind) and north-western India (from foothills south to Gujarat and north-central Uttar Pradesh).
pondicerianus (Gmelin, 1789) - India (except north-west) and southern Nepal and Bangladesh east to Myanmar, Thailand (except south) and central and southern Laos.
affinis Blyth, 1847 - Sri Lanka. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Sri Lanka Woodshrike (Tephrodornis affinis).
orientis Deignan, 1948 - Cambodia and southern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

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