Common Woodshrike in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

The common woodshrike is a species of bird found in Asia. It has been placed in the cuckoshrike and helmetshrike families in the past and is now considered a member of the family Tephrodornithidae. It is small and ashy brown with a dark cheek patch and a broad white brow. It is found across Asia mainly in the thin forest and scrub habitats. The form found in Sri Lanka which was treated as a subspecies is now usually considered a separate species, the Sri Lanka woodshrike.