Sooty Shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) [XC741474]
by id from Mananda ridge, upper Hegigio R basin, Hela Prov, Papua New Guinea (song?)
Sooty Shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) [XC741471]
by Iain Woxvold from Mananda ridge, upper Hegigio R basin, Hela Prov, Papua New Guinea (song?)
Subspecies
Initially considered to be a whistler and named as Pachycephala tenebrosa; with transfer to present genus, latter name becomes preoccupied and is therefore replaced by current one.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
atra (Reichenow, 1915) - West-central New Guinea on northern slopes of Snow Mts from upper R Siriwo (Gebroeder Mts) east to R Idenburg.
umbrina (Reichenow, 1915) - Southern slopes of Snow Mts from Weyland Mts east to Mt Goliath, Hindenburg Mts and Sepik Mts; isolated record from western Schrader Mts.
tenebrosa (Reichenow, 1915) - Southern New Guinea.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet