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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Corvida
Superfamilia: Corvoidea
Familia: Tephrodornithidae
Genus: Tephrodornis
Species: T. affinis – T. pondicerianus – T. sylvicola – T. virgatus
Name

Tephrodornis Swainson, 1832
Typus

Lanius virgatus Temminck, 1824, = Tephrodornis virgatus

References

Fauna boreali-americana 2: 482.

Vernacular names
English: Woodshrikes

Tephrodornis is a bird genus usually placed in the Vangidae.

There are four species:

Large woodshrike, Tephrodornis gularis[1] The scientific name of this is in dispute, and it is commonly referred to as T. gularis. or T. virgatus.
Malabar woodshrike, Tephrodornis sylvicola
Common woodshrike, Tephrodornis pondicerianus
Sri Lanka woodshrike, Tephrodornis affinis

References

Large Wood-shrike (Tephrodornis virgatus), Internet Bird Collection. Accessed 3 January 2010.

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