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 NT    Black-throated Shrikebill* Id (Atlas):
    Clytorhynchus nigrogularis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black-throated Shrikebill, Black-faced Shrikebill, Nendo Shrikebill (sanctaecrucis), Santa Cruz Shrikebill (sanctaecrucis)

Family
Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Layard, 1875)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Fiji (B) (NB).

Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Kadavu and Ovalau in Fiji.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
habitat loss and deterioration from logging and conversion to plantations are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A descending, whinnying whistle. Also a human-like up-slurred whistle.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Black-throated Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis) [XC278869]
     by id from Vunisea-Namara Rd., Kadavu, Fiji, Fiji (song)

 
Black-throated Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis) [XC147730]
     by George Wagner from Namosi District (near Navua), Serua, Central Division, Fiji (call)

Subspecies
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Black-throated Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis) and Nendo Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis) (2006).

Subspecies sanctaecrucis recently proposed as a separate species, differing from nominate in plumage, size, bill dimensions, call and habits.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • sanctaecrucis (Layard, 1875)   -  Southern Santa Cruz Is (Nendo), in extreme eastern Solomons. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Nendo Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis).
  • nigrogularis (Layard, 1875)   -  Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni, Kadavu).


Similar Species
Female only safely distinguished from slightly smaller Fiji Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis) by bill size and shape or by presence of male. Females can also be confused with Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculatus) (which should be readily distinguished by voice, curved beak and yellow wattle) and female Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) (which has rounder head and flatter bill).


References
See References.


Files:
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