Coracornis
| Coracornis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Coracornis Riley, 1918 |
Coracornis is a bird genus in the family Pachycephalidae. It was assumed to be monotypic, containing only the Maroon-backed whistler (Coracornis raveni),[1] but has since been enlarged to include the Sangihe shrikethrush (Coracornis sanghirensis), found to be related to the former species.[2]
References
- ↑ Norman, Janette A.; Ericson, Per G.P.; Jønsson, Knud A.; Fjeldså, Jon; Christidis, Les (2009). "A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 488–497. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ↑ Jønsson, Knud A. ; Bowie, Rauri C. K. ; Moyle, Robert G. ; Christidis, Les ; Norman, Janette A. ; Benz, Brett W. ; Fjeldså, Jon (2010). "Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos". Journal of Biogeography 37 (2): 245–57. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x.