Little Shrikethrush

Little Shrikethrush
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Colluricinclidae
Genus:	Colluricincla
Species:	C. megarhyncha
Binomial name
Colluricincla megarhyncha (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

The Little Shrikethrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha) is a species of bird in the Colluricinclidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

During a study of the toxicity of the genus Pitohui, two specimens of this species have been tested too. One of them did have traces of batrachotoxins (BTXs) similar to those found in the secretions of Central and South American poison dart frogs.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Colluricincla megarhyncha. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

External links

• Australian Natural History Safari
• Avian chemical defense: Toxic birds not of a feather

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