Species profile
Malabar Woodshrike
Tephrodornis sylvicola
Quick answer
SW India (Western Ghats from Narbada River to Kerala)
- Scientific name
- Tephrodornis sylvicola
- Family
- Tephrodornithidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Tephrodornis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Malabar Woodshrike in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Tephrodornithidae
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus)
- Common Woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus)
- Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma (Philentoma velata)
- Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhoptera)
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike (Tephrodornis affinis)