Large WoodShrike
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 715(Observe the Bird and recognize)..LARGE WOODSHRIKE...Coloured Pencil...A4...2016...[From the ref. photograph of Mr. Suvadip Chowdhury]... The large woodshrike (Tephrodornis gularis, the name T. virgatus provided as a substitute on insufficient grounds) is a species in the woodshrike family Tephrodornithidae. The woodshrikes were formerly placed in the Campephagidae (cuckooshrikes) sometimes. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, andVietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Malabar woodshrike is sometimes considered conspecific. 18•5–23 cm; 28–46 g. Thickset bird with heavy bill, distinct nasal tufts. Male nominate race has white forehead, blue-black mask from lores around eye t. Song a loud, ringing “pi-pi-pi-pi
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