Biology:Machaerirhynchus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Boatbills | |
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| Yellow-breasted boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Malaconotoidea |
| Family: | Machaerirhynchidae |
| Genus: | Machaerirhynchus Gould, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Machaerirhynchus flaviventer[1] Gould, 1851
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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
References
- ↑ "Machaerirhynchidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=133.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q532569 entry
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