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Grey Shrike-thrush

Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey_Shrike-thrush.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Colluricincla
Species: harmonica
Binomial name
Colluricincla harmonica

The Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica) is one of the best-loved and most distinctive birds of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.

Though of only medium size (about 24 cm long) and lacking bright colours, the Grey Shrike-thrush—usually just thrush in casual conversation—has an extraordinary gift for ringing melody, unmatched by any other Australasian species save perhaps the two lyrebirds and its northern relative, the Sandstone Shrike-thrush.

Referenced By

Black Currawong | Currawong | Grey Currawong | Pachycephalidae | Pied Currawong | Sibley-Monroe checklist 13

 

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