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The family Pachycephalidae 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: Australia in particular, but also New Guinea, New Zealand, and in the case of the whistlers, the South Pacific islands and parts of Indonesia. Several species belonging to this family are outstanding songsters: the whistlers produce an astonishing volume for their size, and the lyrebirds aside, the Grey Shrike-thrush is often regarded as the finest, most inventive songbird of them all.
Systematics
Subfamily Falcunculinae
- Genus Mohoua
- Whitehead, Mohoua albicilla
- Yellowhead, Mohoua ochrocephala
- Brown Creeper or Pipipi, Mohoua novaeseelandiae
- Genus Falcunculus - Crested Shrike-tit
- Genus Oreoica
- Crested Bellbird, Oreoica gutturalis
- Genus Rhagologus
- Mottled Whistler, Rhagologus leucostigma
Subfamily Pachycephalinae
- Genus Pachycare - Dwarf Whistler
- Genus Hylocitrea - Olive-flanked Whistler
- Genus Coracornis - Maroon-backed Whistler
- Genus Aleadryas - Rufous-naped Whistler
- Genus Pachycephala - typical whistlers (more than 30 species)
- Genus Colluricincla - shrike-thrushes (7 species)
- Genus Pitohui - pitohuis (6 species)
- Genus Eulacestoma - Wattled Ploughbill
References
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422
External links
- Pachycephalidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection
