Shrike-thrush
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Colluricincla is a bird
genus
in the family
Colluricinclidae, which was formerly included in the Pachycephalidae
. Its members are known as the shrikethrushes.
It contains the following species
:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Colluricinclidae, which was formerly included in the Pachycephalidae
Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae, collectively the whistlers, includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia...
. Its members are known as the shrikethrushes.
It contains the following species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
:
- Bower's Shrikethrush, Colluricincla boweri
- Grey Shrikethrush, Colluricincla harmonica
- Little Shrikethrush, Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Sangihe Shrikethrush, Colluricincla sanghirensis
- MorningbirdMorningbirdThe Morningbird is a songbird species in the family Colluricinclidae, which was formerly included in the Pachycephalidae...
, Colluricincla tenebrosa - Sooty Shrikethrush, Colluricincla umbrina
- Sandstone Shrikethrush, Colluricincla woodwardi