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Pinarolestes
The shrikebills are the monarch flycatcher genus ''Clytorhynchus''. The five species have long laterally compressed bills similar to true shrikes that give them their names. The genus is endemic to the islands of Melanesia and western Polynesia. The shrikebills are insectivorous, and use their large heavy bills to explore tangles of dead leaves and dead wood; an unusual foraging strategy for their family. Their diet may also include small fruits and lizards. Taxonomy and systematics Extant species The genus ''Clytorhynchus'' contains the following species: * Southern shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides'') * Fiji shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus vitiensis'') * Black-throated shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus nigrogularis'') * Santa Cruz shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis'') * Rennell shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus hamlini'') Former species Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Clytorhynchus'': *Sangihe whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clytorhynchus
The shrikebills are the monarch flycatcher genus ''Clytorhynchus''. The five species have long laterally compressed bills similar to true shrikes that give them their names. The genus is endemic to the islands of Melanesia and western Polynesia. The shrikebills are insectivorous, and use their large heavy bills to explore tangles of dead leaves and dead wood; an unusual foraging strategy for their family. Their diet may also include small fruits and lizards. Taxonomy and systematics Extant species The genus ''Clytorhynchus'' contains the following species: * Southern shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides'') * Fiji shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus vitiensis'') * Black-throated shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus nigrogularis'') * Santa Cruz shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis'') * Rennell shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus hamlini'') Former species Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Clytorhynchus'': *Sangihe wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangihe Whistler
The Sangihe whistler or Sangihe shrikethrush (''Coracornis sanghirensis'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Sangihe Island in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Originally, the Sangihe shrikethrush was described in the genus ''Pinarolestes''. It was re-classified from the genus ''Colluricincla'' to ''Coracornis'' in 2013. Alternate names include the Sahengbalira shrike-thrush and Sangir whistler. References External linksBirdLife Species Factsheet. Sangihe whistler Birds of the Sangihe Islands Critically endangered fauna of Asia Sangihe whistler The Sangihe whistler or Sangihe shrikethrush (''Coracornis sanghirensis'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Sangihe Island in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Corvoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennell Shrikebill
The Rennell shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus hamlini'') is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The binomial commemorates Dr. Hannibal Hamlin, leader of the Whitney South Seas Expedition The Whitney South Sea Expedition (1920 - 1941) to collect bird specimens for the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), under the initial leadership of Rollo Beck, was instigated by Dr Leonard C. Sanford and financed by Harry Payne Whitney, a ..., who died in 1982. References Rennell shrikebill Birds of Rennell Island Rennell shrikebill Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Monarchidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji Shrikebill
The Fiji shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus vitiensis'') is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy and systematics The Fiji shrikebill was originally described as belonging to the genus '' Myiolestes''. Alternate names include the lesser shrikebill and uniform shrikebill. Subspecies Twelve subspecies are recognized: * Rotuman lesser shrikebill (''C. v. wiglesworthi'') - Mayr, 1933: Found on Rotuma Island (northern Fiji) * ''C. v. brunneus'' - ( Ramsay, EP, 1875): Found on Kadavu, Ono and Vanua Kula (south-western Fiji) * ''C. v. buensis'' - ( Layard, EL, 1876): Originally described as a separate species in the genus '' Myiolestes''. Found on Vana Levu and Kioa (northern Fiji) * ''C. v. vitiensis'' - ( Hartlaub, 1866): Found in western Fiji * ''C. v. layardi'' - Mayr, 1933: Found on Taveuni (central Fiji) * ''C. v. pontifex'' - Mayr, 1933: Found on Qame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-throated Shrikebill
The black-throated shrikebill or black-faced shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus nigrogularis'') is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. 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 black-throated shrikebill was originally described in the genus '' Lalage''. The Santa Cruz shrikebill was split from the black-throated shrikebill in 2008 but some authorities still consider it to be its subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ..., ''C. n. sanctaecrucis''. References Clytorhynchus Birds of Fiji Birds described in 1875 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Monarchidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Shrikebill
The southern shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides''), or brown flycatcher, is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. It is found in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized: * ''C. p. pachycephaloides'' - Elliot, 1870: Found on New Caledonia * ''C. p. grisescens'' - Sharpe, 1899: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Banks Islands The Banks Islands (in Bislama ''Bankis'') are a group of islands in northern Vanuatu. Together with the Torres Islands to their northwest, they make up the northernmost province of Torba. The island group lies about north of Maewo, and include ... (Vanuatu) References Clytorhynchus Birds described in 1870 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Monarchidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Shrikethrush
Little shrikethrush has been split into the following species: * Arafura shrikethrush, ''Colluricincla megarhyncha'' * Variable shrikethrush, ''Colluricincla fortis'' * Waigeo shrikethrush, ''Colluricincla affinis'' * Mamberamo shrikethrush, ''Colluricincla obscura'' * Tagula shrikethrush, ''Colluricincla discolor'' * Sepik-Ramu shrikethrush, ''Colluricincla tappenbecki'' * Rufous shrikethrush The rufous shrikethrush (''Colluricincla rufogaster'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. Taxonomy and systematics This species was formerly considered a conspecific member of the little shrikethrush complex. Genetic investigati ..., ''Colluricincla rufogaster'' {{Animal common name Birds by common name Toxic birds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz Shrikebill
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The Santa Cruz shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis''), or Nendo shrikebill, is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. The Santa Cruz shrikebill was split from the black-throated shrikebill in 2008 but some authorities still consider it to be its subspecies, ''C. n. sanctaecrucis''. The Santa Cruz shrikebill is little-known species that has been very rarely sighted. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. It is found on Nendo in the Santa Cruz Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Santa Cruz shrikebill Birds of the Santa Cruz Islands Santa Cruz shrikebill The Santa Cruz shrikebill (''Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis''), or Nendo shrikebill, is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. The Santa Cruz shrikebill was split from the black-throated shrikebill in 2008 but some authorities still consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polynesia
Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians. They have many things in common, including language relatedness, cultural practices, and traditional beliefs. In centuries past, they had a strong shared tradition of sailing and using stars to navigate at night. The largest country in Polynesia is New Zealand. The term was first used in 1756 by the French writer Charles de Brosses, who originally applied it to all the islands of the Pacific. In 1831, Jules Dumont d'Urville proposed a narrower definition during a lecture at the Geographical Society of Paris. By tradition, the islands located in the southern Pacific have also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Giraud Elliot
Daniel Giraud Elliot (March 7, 1835 – December 22, 1915) was an American zoologist and the founder of the American Ornithologist Union. Life He was born in New York City on March 7, 1835, to George and Rebecca Elliot. In 1858, he married Ann Eliza Henderson. From 1869 to 1879, he was in London and established strong links to British ornithologists and naturalists. Elliot used his wealth to publish a series of sumptuous color-plate books on birds and other animals. Elliot wrote the text himself and commissioned artists such as Joseph Wolf and Joseph Smit, both of whom had worked for John Gould, to provide the illustrations. The books included ''A Monograph of the Phasianidae (Family of the Pheasants)'' (1870–72), ''A Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise'' (1873), ''A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats'' (1878) and ''Review of the Primates'' (1913). In 1890, he was President of the American Ornithologists' Union. Elliot became the first curator of zoolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanesia
Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea. The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea. It also includes the French oversea collectivity of New Caledonia, Indigenous Australians of the Torres Strait Islands and parts of Indonesia, most notably the provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua. Almost all of the region is in the Southern Hemisphere; only a few small islands that are not politically considered part of Oceania—specifically the northwestern islands of Western New Guinea—lie in the Northern Hemisphere. The name ''Melanesia'' (in French, ''Mélanésie'') was first used in 1832 by French navigator Jules Dumont d'Urville: he coined the terms ''Melanesia'' and '' Micronesia'' along the preexisting '' Polyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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