Pachycephalidae
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 Grey Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla harmonica
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The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the Australo-Papuan corvid lineage. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia: Australia in particular, but also New Guinea, New Zealand, and in the case of the whistlers, the South Pacific islands and parts of Indonesia.
Several species belonging to this family are outstanding songsters: the whistlers produce an astonishing volume for their size, and the lyrebirds aside, the Grey Shrike-thrush is often regarded as the finest, most inventive songbird of them all.
Some authorities list thickhead as an alternative common name to whistler.
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[edit] Systematics
[edit] Subfamily Falcunculinae
- Genus Mohoua
- Whitehead, Mohoua albicilla
- Yellowhead, Mohoua ochrocephala
- Pipipi, Mohoua novaeseelandiae
- Genus Falcunculus - Crested Shrike-tit
- Genus Oreoica
- Crested Bellbird, Oreoica gutturalis
- Genus Rhagologus
- Mottled Whistler, Rhagologus leucostigma
[edit] Subfamily Pachycephalinae
- Genus Pachycare
- Dwarf Whistler, Pachycare flavogrisea
- Genus Hylocitrea
- Olive-flanked Whistler, Hylocitrea bonensis
- Genus Coracornis
- Maroon-backed Whistler, Coracornis raveni
- Genus Aleadryas
- Rufous-naped Whistler, Aleadryas rufinucha
- Genus Pachycephala - typical whistlers
- Olive Whistler, Pachycephala olivacea
- Red-lored Whistler, Pachycephala rufogularis
- Gilbert's Whistler, Pachycephala inornata
- Mangrove Whistler, Pachycephala grisola
- Green-backed Whistler, Pachycephala albiventris
- White-vented Whistler, Pachycephala homeyeri
- Island Whistler, Pachycephala phaionotus
- Rusty Whistler, Pachycephala hyperythra
- Brown-backed Whistler, Pachycephala modesta
- Bornean Whistler, Pachycephala hypoxantha
- Sulphur-bellied Whistler, Pachycephala sulfuriventer
- Vogelkop Whistler, Pachycephala meyeri
- Yellow-bellied Whistler, Pachycephala philippinensis
- Gray-headed Whistler, Pachycephala griseiceps
- Fawn-breasted Whistler, Pachycephala orpheus
- Gray Whistler, Pachycephala simplex
- Golden Whistler, Pachycephala pectoralis
- Sclater's Whistler, Pachycephala soror
- Lorentz's Whistler, Pachycephala lorentzi
- Black-tailed Whistler, Pachycephala melanura
- New Caledonian Whistler, Pachycephala caledonica
- Samoan Whistler, Pachycephala flavifrons
- Tongan Whistler, Pachycephala jacquinoti
- Regent Whistler, Pachycephala schlegelii
- Bare-throated Whistler, Pachycephala nudigula
- Hooded Whistler, Pachycephala implicata
- Golden-backed Whistler, Pachycephala aurea
- Drab Whistler, Pachycephala griseonota
- Wallacean Whistler, Pachycephala arctitorquis
- Black-headed Whistler, Pachycephala monacha
- White-bellied Whistler, Pachycephala leucogastra
- Rufous Whistler, Pachycephala rufiventris
- White-breasted Whistler, Pachycephala lanioides
- Genus Colluricincla - shrike-thrushes
- Sooty Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla umbrina
- Rufous Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Sangihe Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla sanghirensis
- Bower's Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla boweri
- Sandstone Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla woodwardi
- Grey Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla harmonica
- Morningbird, Colluricincla tenebrosa
- Genus Pitohui - pitohuis (6 species)
- Genus Eulacestoma - Wattled Ploughbill
[edit] External links
- Pachycephalidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection
