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Pachycephalinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Rank
  
Subfamily

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Pachycephalinae

The whistlers, shrike-thrushes and pitohuis are the fifty-seven species of birds from the subfamily Pachycephalinae. They are found in the ecozones of Australasia, Oceania and Indomalaya, but the vast majority of the species are found in Wallacea, New Guinea and Australia. Most genera are species-poor or monotypic, but Pachycephala (typical whistlers or thickheads) has a considerable diversity. The genera Pachycare and Hylocitrea were previously included in the subfamily Pachycephalinae until moved to the families Acanthizidae and Hylocitreidae respectively.

  • Genus Coracornis - 2 species
  • Genus Melanorectes – black pitohui
  • Genus Pachycephala – typical whistlers (47 species)
  • Genus Pseudorectes – 2 species
  • Genus Colluricincla – shrike-thrushes (5 species)
  • References

    Pachycephalinae Wikipedia