Sooty shrikethrush

Sooty shrikethrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Colluricincla
Species: C. tenebrosa
Binomial name
Colluricincla tenebrosa
(Rothschild, 1911)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Colluricincla umbrina
  • Pachycephala tenebrosa

The sooty shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

The morningbird was considered conspecific with the sooty shrikethrush until split in 2013.[2] Alternate names for the sooty shrikethrush include the obscure shrike-thrush, sooty robin-whistler and sooty whistler.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[3]

References


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