The woodshrikes are a genus, Tephrodornis, of birds in the family Vangidae.
Taxonomy The genus Tephrodornis was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson with the large woodshrike as the type species. The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume was not published until 1832. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek tephōdēs meaning "like ashes" or "ash-coloured" with ornis meaning "bird".
The genus contains four species: Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Large woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus Southeastern Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Malabar woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola Western India. Common woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus Across Asia. Sri Lanka woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis Sri Lanka.
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