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.

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

Subspecies: 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
• T. v. fretensis Robinson & Kloss, 1920 – south Malay Peninsula and north Sumatra
• T. v. virgatus (Temminck, 1824) – south Sumatra, Java and Bali
• T. v. frenatus Büttikofer, 1887 – Borneo
• T. v. mekongensis Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 – southeast Thailand to south Vietnam
• T. v. hainanus Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 – north Laos, north Vietnam and Hainan (off southeast China)
• T. v. latouchei Kinnear, 1925 – south China