Tephrodornis Explained

Tephrodornis is a bird genus in the family Vangidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Tephrodornis was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson with the large woodshrike as the type species.^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek tephōdēs meaning "like ashes" or "ash-coloured" with ornis meaning "bird".^[3]

The genus contains four species:^[4]

• Large woodshrike, Tephrodornis virgatus
• Malabar woodshrike, Tephrodornis sylvicola
• Common woodshrike, Tephrodornis pondicerianus
• Sri Lanka woodshrike, Tephrodornis affinis

Notes and References

1. Book: Swainson . William John . William John Swainson . Richardson . J. . John Richardson (naturalist) . 1831 . Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America . 2: The Birds . J. Murray . London . 482 . The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume was not published until 1832.
2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Greenway . James C. Jr . 1960 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 9 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 219 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 381 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2023 . Batises, bushshrikes, boatbills, vangas (sensu lato) . IOC World Bird List Version 13.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 25 March 2023 .