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title: "Kleiner Raupenwürger"
description: "Tephrodornis pondicerianus — Vögel. The common woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) is a species of bird found in Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/common-woodshrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kleiner Raupenwürger

> Tephrodornis pondicerianus — Vögel. The common woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) is a species of bird found in Asia.

- Scientific name: *Tephrodornis pondicerianus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 1401
- Wikidata: [Q1306431](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306431)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117122](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117122)

## Names

- en: Common Woodshrike
- de: Kleiner Raupenwürger
- es: Ceniciento Chico
- fr: Téphrodorne de Pondichéry
- nl: Kleine rupsklauwier
- pl: Kruczodzierzb mały

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1056), TH (20), VN (18), KH (16), PK (16), NP (15), BD (13)

## Summary

The common woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_woodshrike

## Photo

![Kleiner Raupenwürger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-woodshrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348277406

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-woodshrike?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).