Large woodshrike


The large woodshrike is found in south-eastern Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Taxonomy

It is usually placed in the family Vangidae. The Malabar woodshrike is sometimes considered conspecific with the large woodshrike.

Subspecies

Ten subspecies are recognised:T. v. pelvicuseast Himalayas to north MyanmarT. v. jugans Deignan, 1948 – east Myanmar, south China and north ThailandT. v. verneyi Kinnear, 1924southeast Myanmar, southwest Thailand and north Malay PeninsulaT. v. annectens Robinson & Kloss, 1918 – central Malay PeninsulaT. v. fretensis Robinson & Kloss, 1920 – south Malay Peninsula and north SumatraT. v. virgatus – south Sumatra, Java and BaliT. v. frenatus Büttikofer, 1887BorneoT. v. mekongensis Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 – southeast Thailand to south VietnamT. v. hainanus Ogilvie-Grant, 1910 – north Laos, north Vietnam and Hainan T. v. latouchei Kinnear, 1925 – south China