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Photo © by the late Dr Manjeet Singh
Genting Highlands (pump house area), Pahang, Malaysia, 14 January 2007

Tephrodornis virgatus

Tephrodornis gularis

Identification

Length 23 cm (9 in) Thickset appearance, strong black beak, broad blackish eyeline and white rump.
Male - Grey upper parts contrasting with whitish underparts.

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in India and Nepal to southern China, Malaysia and Borneo.

Taxonomy

Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola has been split as a separate species.^[1][2]

Subspecies

Tephrodornis gularis includes 10 subspecies:^[1]

T. v. pelvicus

Eastern Himalaya (Nepal to Assam) to northern Myanmar

T. v. jugans

Southern Myanmar and northern Thailand

T. v. verneyi

South-western Thailand

T. v. annectens

Northern peninsular Thailand and northern Malaysia

T. v. fretensis

Southern peninsular Thailand, Malaysia and northern Sumatra

T. v. virgatus

Coastal south-western and extreme southern Sumatra and Java

T. v. mekongensis

Eastern and southern Thailand, Cambodia and southern Indochina

T. v. hainanus

Northern Indochina and Hainan (southern China)

T. v. latouchei

South-eastern China (Fujian)

T. v. frenatus

Borneo

Habitat

Forest, forest edges, mangroves and wooded gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds mainly on insects obtained from aerial swoops. Also frequents the edge of water courses where it will pick off insects from the water surfaces.

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Large Woodshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Large_Woodshrike

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