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Large woodshrike

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Large woodshrike
At Manas National Park in Assam, India.
At Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Subspecies

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Ten subspecies are recognised:[3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tephrodornis virgatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103703834A94145293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103703834A94145293.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes & vangas « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Batises, bushshrikes, boatbills, vangas (sensu lato)". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 March 2023.