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Tephrodornis affinis Blyth, 1847 is a animal in the Tephrodornithidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Tephrodornis affinis Blyth, 1847 (Tephrodornis affinis Blyth, 1847)
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Tephrodornis affinis Blyth, 1847

Tephrodornis affinis Blyth, 1847

Tephrodornis affinis, the Sri Lanka woodshrike, is a Vangidae bird found in Sri Lanka, sometimes treated as a common woodshrike subspecies.

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Genus
Tephrodornis
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Tephrodornis affinis Blyth, 1847

Taxonomic Identity

The Sri Lanka woodshrike, with the scientific name Tephrodornis affinis Blyth, 1847, is a bird species that belongs to the Vangidae family.

Distribution

This species is found only on Sri Lanka.

Taxonomic Classification Status

Some taxonomic treatments classify it as a subspecies of the common woodshrike, instead of recognizing it as a separate full species.

Photo: (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by William Stephens · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Tephrodornithidae Tephrodornis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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