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Machaerirhynchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Machaerirhynchidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Aves

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passerine

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Similar
  
Yellow‑breasted boatbill, Black‑breasted boatbill, Island monarch, Monarcha, Dwarf longbill

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Machaerirhynchus is a genus of passerine birds with affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds. The two species are known as boatbills. The genus is distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.

The species are:

  • Black-breasted boatbill, M. nigripectus, found in New Guinea
  • Yellow-breasted boatbill, M. flaviventer, found in northeast Australia

    • References

    Machaerirhynchus Wikipedia
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