Tephrodornis
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Tephrodornis is a bird
genus
in the helmetshrike family
Prionopidae, commonly known as the woodshrikes. They were formerly placed in the Campephagidae (cuckoo-shrikes) by some, as they are far more conventional in habitus
than the rather bizarre typical helmetshrikes of genus Prionops
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There are only two species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the helmetshrike family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Prionopidae, commonly known as the woodshrikes. They were formerly placed in the Campephagidae (cuckoo-shrikes) by some, as they are far more conventional in habitus
Morphology (biology)
In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....
than the rather bizarre typical helmetshrikes of genus Prionops
Prionops
The typical helmetshrikes, Prionops, form a bird genus in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae. They were for long usually included in the Malaconotidae.They contains the following species:* Yellow-crested Helmet-shrike...
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There are only two species:
- Large WoodshrikeLarge WoodshrikeThe Large Woodshrike is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae...
, Tephrodornis gularis The scientific name of this is in dispute, and it is commonly referred to as T. gularis. or T. virgatus. - Common WoodshrikeCommon WoodshrikeThe Common Woodshrike is a species in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae. The woodshrikes were formerly placed in the Campephagidae sometimes. It is found in southern Asia where it occurs in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand...
, Tephrodornis pondicerianus