Shrikebill
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The shrikebills are a genus, Clytorhynchus, of monarch flycatchers. The four species have long laterally compressed bills similar to true shrikes that give them their names. The genus is endemic to the islands of Melanesia and western Polynesia. It contains the following species:
- Rennell Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus hamlini)
- Black-throated Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis)
- Southern Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides)
- Fiji Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis)