- Common Woodshrike
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Common Woodshrike at Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India. Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Prionopidae Genus: Tephrodornis Species: T. pondicerianus Binomial name Tephrodornis pondicerianus
(Gmelin, 1789)The Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae. The woodshrikes were formerly placed in the Campephagidae (cuckooshrikes) sometimes. It is found in southern Asia where it occurs in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. The subspecies in Sri Lanka is sometimes considered a separate species, the Sri Lanka Woodshrike (T. affinis).
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Tephrodornis pondicerianus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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