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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. Young birds have streaks and spot on the crown and white spots on the mantle. The underside is also streaked and the breast is heavily marked in young birds. The northern race pallidus is pale brown above and has brown rather than black central rectrices.
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When to see the Common Woodshrike
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Common Woodshrike
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Common Woodshrike
The common woodshrike is a species of bird found in Asia. It is now usually considered a member of the family Vangidae. It is small and ashy brown with a dark cheek patch and a broad white brow. It is found across Asia mainly in thin forest and scrub habitats where they hunt insects, often joining other insectivorous birds. The form found in Sri Lanka which was treated as a subspecies is now usually considered a separate species, the Sri Lanka woodshrike.
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Easily confused with
Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatusThe large woodshrike is found in south-eastern Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.
Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicolaThe Malabar woodshrike is a species of bird usually placed in the family Vangidae.
Sri Lanka WoodshrikeTephrodornis affinisThe Sri Lanka woodshrike is a species of bird in the family Vangidae.
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