Maroon-backed whistler

Maroon-backed whistler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Coracornis
Species: C. raveni
Binomial name
Coracornis raveni
Riley, 1918

The maroon-backed whistler (Coracornis raveni) is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family.[1] It was monotypic within the genus Coracornis,[2] but has since been joined by the Sangihe shrikethrush.[3] It is endemic to Indonesia.[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2012). "Coracornis raveni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 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)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 488–497. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. 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.
  4. "Coracornis raveni: Classifications". International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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