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- Colluricincla megarhyncha
Identification
Distribution
New Guinea including some islands and northwestern Australia.
Taxonomy
Formerly included in Little Shrikethrush.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1].
- C. m. batantae on Batanta Island, New Guinea
- C. m. misoliensis on Misool Island, New Guinea
- C. m. aruensis on Aru Islands, New Guinea
- C. m. megarhyncha in western New Guinea (Vogelkop to Onin Peninsula)
- C. m. ferruginea on Head of Geelvink Bay, northwestern New Guinea
- C. m. wuroi in southern New Guinea (Oriomo River to Morehead River)
- C. m. palmeri in southern New Guinea (Trans-Fly lowlands)
- C. m. parvula in northwestern Australia (Kimberley, Western Australia to Arnhem Land, Northern Territory)
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Arafura Shrikethrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 December 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Arafura_Shrikethrush
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.