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Common Woodshrike

Tephrodornis pondicerianus · Family Tephrodornithidae

Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Family Tephrodornithidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tephrodornithidae
GBIF occurrence records
100,624
Countries and territories with records
13
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About this species

This species has 100,624 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (94.3%) and Cambodia (2.7%); together they account for 96.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.15% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Tephrodornis pondicerianus combines the genus name Tephrodornis with the species epithet pondicerianus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Tephrodornis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tephrodornis virgatus, Tephrodornis sylvicola and Tephrodornis affinis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 8 species of the family Tephrodornithidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 3.4 times the family average (29,765). The family Tephrodornithidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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