Sooty Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa)

Other Names (World)
Sooty Shrike-thrush, Obscure Shrike-thrush, Sooty Whistler, Obscure Whistler,, Sooty Shrikethrush

Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1915)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,400 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Sooty Shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) [XC741474]
by id from Mananda ridge, upper Hegigio R basin, Hela Prov, Papua New Guinea (song?)

Sooty Shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) [XC741459]
by Iain Woxvold from Mananda ridge, upper Hegigio R basin, Hela Prov, Papua New Guinea (call?)

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.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sooty Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) - 2 files

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