Large Wood-shrike

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Campephagidae (Cuckoo-shrikes)

Large Wood-shrike

Tephrodornis virgatus

钩嘴林鵙 (gōu-zuǐ lín-jú)

    Malay : Rembah-Rimba Besar

    Japanese : オオモズサンショウクイ (ō mozu sanshō-kui)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大鵙山椒喰

    Size : 18.5-23 cm, 28-46 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Tephrodornis virgatus sylvicola (Jerdon, 1839)
  – Western Ghats of India.
• Tephrodornis virgatus pelvicus (Hodgson, 1837)
  – E Himalayas from N India E to N, NE & SW Myanmar, also E India (Eastern Ghats).
• Tephrodornis virgatus jugans (Deignan, 1948)
  – E Myanmar, S China (SW Yunnan) and NW Thailand (S to N Tak).
• Tephrodornis virgatus latouchei (Kinnear, 1925)
  – S & SE China (W & SE Yunnan, Guizhov, Guangxi, N Guangdong, C & E Fujian).
• Tephrodornis virgatus hainanus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1910)
  – N Laos, N Vietnam and Hainan I.
• Tephrodornis virgatus vernayi (Kinnear, 1924)
  – SE Myanmar (S to N Tenasserim) and SW Thailand.
• Tephrodornis virgatus annectens (Robinson & Kloss, 1918)
  – S Myanmar (S Tenasserim) and S Thailand.
• Tephrodornis virgatus mekongensis (Meyer de Schauensee, 1946)
  – E & SE Thailand, S Laos, Cambodia and S Vietnam.
• Tephrodornis virgatus fretensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1920)
  – SE peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia (S from Perlis and Narathiwat) and N Sumatra.
• Tephrodornis virgatus virgatus (Temminck, 1824)
  – S & SW Sumatra and Java.
• Tephrodornis virgatus frenatus (Büttikofer, 1887)
  – Borneo.

Tephrodornis virgatus ssp. fretensis
Date : 27 January 2024

Location : Rock Garden, Taiping Lake Gardens, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Tephrodornis virgatus ssp. fretensis
Date : 26 August 2023

Location : Jalan Air Terjun (Quarry), Maxwell Foothill, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Tephrodornis virgatus ssp. fretensis
Date : 19 March 2022

Location : Jalan Air Terjun (Quarry), Maxwell Foothill, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Tephrodornis virgatus ssp. fretensis
Date : 23 January 2022

Location : Jalan Air Terjun (Quarry), Maxwell Foothill, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Tephrodornis virgatus ssp. fretensis
Date : 03 June 2018

Location : Kledang Saiong Eco Forest Park, Meru, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Tephrodornis virgatus ssp. fretensis
Date : 24 September 2016

Location : Kledang Saiong Eco Forest Park, Meru, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Tephrodornis virgatus ssp. fretensis
Date : 17 January 2016

Location : Taman TAR, Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor