Tephrodornis | |
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Common woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Vangidae |
Genus: |
Tephrodornis Swainson, 1832 |
Type species | |
Lanius virgatus
Temminck, 1824
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Tephrodornis is a bird genus in the family Vangidae.
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]