Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
About the Large Woodshrike
The large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus) is found in south-eastern Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is usually placed in the family Vangidae. The Malabar woodshrike is sometimes considered conspecific with the large woodshrike. Ten subspecies are recognised: T. v. pelvicus (Hodgson, 1837) – east Himalayas to north Myanmar T. v. jugans Deignan, 1948 – east Myanmar, south China and north Thailand T. v. verneyi Kinnear, 1924 – southeast Myanmar, southwest Thailand and north Malay Peninsula T. v. annectens Robinson & Kloss, 1918 – central Malay Peninsula
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 76 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicolarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.