Common Woodshrike

Latin Name: 
Tephrodornis pondicerianus
Category: 
Iora, Woodshrike
Size: 
16cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Greyish-brown plumage; broad whitish supercilium and dark stripe below eye distinctive; white outer tail feathers seen when bird flies. Dark stripe
may be slightly paler in female. Pairs or small parties; quiet for greater part of year, vocal when breeding (February–May); keeps to middle levels of trees,  hopping about, sometimes coming to ground.

Habitat: 
Light forests, edges of forest, cultivation, gardens in and around habitation.
Distribution: 
Most of the country, south of Himalayan foothills; most common in low country.
Call: 
Call Description: 
Whistling wheet…wheet… and an interrogative, quickrepeated whi…whi…whi…whee thereafter; other trilling, pleasant notes when breeding.
IUCN: 
Least Concern
National Status: 
widespread resident
At IITK: 
very local resident