Common Woodshrike

Latin Name:

Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Category:

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.