Tephrodornis

Tephrodornis
Common woodshrike
Tephrodornis pondicerianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus:
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Lanius virgatus
Temminck, 1824

The woodshrikes are a genus, Tephrodornis, of birds 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]

References

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