Pachycephalinae

Pachycephalinae
	Grey shrikethrush; Colluricincla harmonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pachycephalidae
Subfamily:	Pachycephalinae
Genera
	Coracornis; Melanorectes; Pachycephala; Pseudorectes; Colluricincla;

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

^ Boles, W. E. (2007). Family Pachycephalidae (Whistlers) pp. 374-437 in: Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A., & Christie D. eds. (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
^ IOC v.6.3

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[HBW-1] Boles, W. E. (2007). Family Pachycephalidae (Whistlers) pp. 374-437 in: Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A., & Christie D. eds. (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2

[2] IOC v.6.3

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