Variable shrikethrush
| Variable shrikethrush | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Colluricincla |
| Species: | C. fortis
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| Binomial name | |
| Colluricincla fortis (Gadow, 1883)
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The variable shrikethrush (Colluricincla fortis) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]This species was formerly considered a conspecific member of the little shrikethrush complex. Genetic investigations of New Guinea populations of the little shrikethrush indicate high levels of genetic divergence, suggesting it comprised more than one species.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]Currently, three subspecies are recognized:[2]
- C. f. despecta - (Rothschild & Hartert, 1903): Found on southern coast of south-eastern New Guinea
- C. f. fortis - (Gadow, 1883): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Pachycephala. Found on D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)
- C. f. trobriandi - (Hartert, 1896): Found on Trobriand Islands
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
[edit]- ^ Deiner, Kristy; Lemmon, Alan R.; Mack, Andrew L.; Fleischer, Robert C.; Dumbacher, John P. (2011). "A Passerine Bird's Evolution Corroborates the Geologic History of the Island of New Guinea". PLOS ONE. 6 (5): e19479. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...619479D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019479. PMC 3089620. PMID 21573115.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.