Large Woodshrike
Tephrodornis virgatus
钩嘴林鵙
Introduction
A passerine bird in the family Vangidae, found across south-eastern Asia including Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Inhabits temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Ten subspecies are recognized with geographically distinct ranges. The Malabar woodshrike is sometimes considered conspecific with this species.
Distribution & Habitat
Range extends across south-eastern Asia from the eastern Himalayas through Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Borneo. Subspecies T. v. pelvicus occurs from the east Himalayas to northern Myanmar; T. v. jugans in eastern Myanmar, southern China, and northern Thailand; T. v. verneyi in southeast Myanmar, southwest Thailand, and northern Malay Peninsula; T. v. annectens in central Malay Peninsula; T. v. fretensis in southern Malay Peninsula and northern Sumatra; T. v. virgatus in south Sumatra, Java, and Bali; T. v. frenatus in Borneo; T. v. mekongensis from southeast Thailand to southern Vietnam; T. v. hainanus in northern Laos, northern Vietnam, and Hainan; and T. v. latouchei in southern China.
Behavior & Ecology
No detailed behavioral information provided in source material.
Conservation
No conservation status information provided in source material.
Culture
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vangidae
- Genus
- Tephrodornis
- eBird Code
- larwoo1
Subspecies (10)
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Tephrodornis virgatus annectens
northern Thai-Malay Peninsula
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Tephrodornis virgatus frenatus
Borneo
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Tephrodornis virgatus fretensis
southern Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
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Tephrodornis virgatus hainanus
northern Indochina and Hainan (southern China)
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Tephrodornis virgatus jugans
southern Myanmar and northern Thailand
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Tephrodornis virgatus latouchei
southeastern China (Fujian)
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Tephrodornis virgatus mekongensis
eastern and southern Thailand, Cambodia, and southern Indochina
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Tephrodornis virgatus pelvicus
eastern Himalayas (Nepal to Assam) to northern Myanmar
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Tephrodornis virgatus verneyi
southwestern Thailand
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Tephrodornis virgatus virgatus
coastal southwestern and far southern Sumatra and Java
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.