Grallina

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Grallina
Magpie-Lark male kobble aug06.jpg
Male magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Grallina
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Grallina melanoleuca [1]
Vieillot, 1816
Species

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Synonyms
  • Tanypus

Grallina is a genus of passerine bird native to Australia and New Guinea. It is a member of a group of birds termed monarch flycatchers.

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Taxonomy

Higher taxonomy

Long thought to be a member of the mudnest builder family Corcoracidae, the magpie-lark and torrent lark have been reclassified in the family Monarchidae (the monarch flycatchers). The two make up a lineage that split off early from other monarchs and has no close relatives within the family. [2]

The monarch flycatchers are considered either as a subfamily Monarchinae, together with the fantails as part of the drongo family Dicruridae, [3] or as a family Monarchidae in its own right. [4] More broadly, they belong to the Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines including pardalotes, fairy-wrens and honeyeaters as well as crows. [5]

Species

Two species are recognized: [6]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Male magpie lark in suburban garden.jpg Grallina cyanoleuca Magpie-lark Australia, Timor, and southern New Guinea
Grallina bruijni - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg Grallina bruijnii Torrent-lark New Guinea

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References

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