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Common woodshrike

Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Description:

The common woodshrike is dully ashy brown and like other woodshrikes has a large head with a strong hooked beak. They have a broad creamy brow above a dark cheek patch and white outer tail feathers contrasting with their dark tail. The Sri Lankan species is similar darker on the underside, with the dark cheek bordered below by a buffy sub-moustachial stripe and a white rump.

Habitat:

Found it in a shrub forest inside IIM trichy campus, Tamilnadu

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2 Comments

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 7 years ago

Thanks Leuba, Yes the campus has a good number of wildlife. As per records the nature club here has recorded over 180 different bird species inside the campus. And i am yet to explore some parts of it. I have recorded around 70 species of birds inside the campus so far.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 7 years ago

The IIM campus sure has some great bird life ! Great photos Nidhin.

Nidhin Basheer
Spotted by
Nidhin Basheer

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Oct 19, 2016
Submitted on Oct 19, 2016

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