Black-throated Shrikebill

Black-throated Shrikebill
Black-throated Shrikebill
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Clytorhynchus
Species: C. nigrogularis
Binomial name
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis
(Layard, 1875)

The Black-throated Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis) is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. The Santa Cruz Shrikebill or Nendo Shrikebill may be its subspecies sanctaecrucis or a distinct species.

It is found in Fiji and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Santa Cruz Shrikebill is little-known, rarely seen, and it was once speculated it might be extinct; it does still exist however.

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