Sooty shrikethrush
| Sooty shrikethrush | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Colluricincla |
| Species: | C. tenebrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Colluricincla tenebrosa (Rothschild, 1911) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
- C. t. atra - (Rothschild, 1931): Found on northern slopes of central New Guinea mountains
- C. t. tenebrosa - (Rothschild, 1911): Found on southern slopes of central New Guinea mountains
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Colluricincla umbrina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ "Taxonomy 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
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