Pachycephalinae

Taxobox
name = Pachycephalinae


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image_caption = Grey Shrike-thrush "Colluricincla harmonica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Pachycephalidae
subfamilia = Pachycephalinae
subfamilia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Aleadryas" "Colluricincla" "Coracornis" "Eulacestoma" "Hylocitrea" "Pachycare" "Pachycephala" "Pitohui"

The whistlers, shrike-thrushes and pitohuis are the c.50 species of in the Austro-Pacific region subfamily Pachycephalinae. Most genera are species-poor or monotypic, but "Pachycephala" (typical whistlers or thickheads) has a considerable diversity.

* Genus "Pachycare"
** Dwarf Whistler, "Pachycare flavogrisea"
* Genus "Hylocitrea"
** Olive-flanked Whistler, "Hylocitrea bonensis"
* Genus "Coracornis"
** Maroon-backed Whistler, "Coracornis raveni"
* Genus "Aleadryas"
** Rufous-naped Whistler, "Aleadryas rufinucha"
* Genus "Pachycephala" – typical whistlers (more than 30 species)
* Genus "Colluricincla" – shrike-thrushes
** Sooty Shrike-thrush, "Colluricincla umbrina"
** Rufous Shrike-thrush, "Colluricincla megarhyncha"
** Sangihe Shrike-thrush, "Colluricincla sanghirensis"
** Bower's Shrike-thrush, "Colluricincla boweri"
** Sandstone Shrike-thrush, "Colluricincla woodwardi"
** Grey Shrike-thrush, "Colluricincla harmonica"
** Morningbird, "Colluricincla tenebrosa"
* Genus "Pitohui" – pitohuis (6 species)
* Genus "Eulacestoma" – Wattled Ploughbill

References

* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422