Coracornis
Appearance
Coracornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pachycephalidae |
Subfamily: | Pachycephalinae |
Genus: | Coracornis Riley, 1918 |
Type species | |
Coracornis raveni[1] Riley, 1918
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Coracornis is a genus of birds in the family Pachycephalidae. The two species are found in Indonesia.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]Formerly, the genus Coracornis was considered to be monotypic, containing only the maroon-backed whistler. The Sangihe shrikethrush was added in 2013 following recent genetic studies.[2][3][4]
Species
[edit]Two species are recognized:[5]
- Maroon-backed whistler (Coracornis raveni)
- Sangihe whistler (Coracornis sanghirensis)
References
[edit]- ^ "Pachycephalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Norman, Janette A.; Ericson, Per G.P.; Jønsson, Knud A.; Fjeldså, Jon; Christidis, Les (2009). "A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (2): 488–497. Bibcode:2009MolPE..52..488N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019. PMID 19341806. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ Jønsson, Knud A.; Bowie, Rauri C. K.; Moyle, Robert G.; Christidis, Les; Norman, Janette A.; Benz, Brett W.; Fjeldså, Jon (2010). "Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos". Journal of Biogeography. 37 (2): 245–57. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37..245J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x. S2CID 85013290.
- ^ "Taxonomy 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.