Machaerirhynchus
Boatbills | |
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Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Machaerirhynchidae |
Genus: | Machaerirhynchus Gould, 1851 |
Machaerirhynchus is a genus of passerine birds with affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds. The two species are known as boatbills. The genus is distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.
The species are:
- Black-breasted boatbill, M. nigripectus, found in New Guinea
- Yellow-breasted boatbill, M. flaviventer, found in northeast Australia
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