Sandstone shrikethrush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pachycephalidae |
Genus: | Colluricincla |
Species: | C. woodwardi |
Binomial name | |
Colluricincla woodwardi Hartert, 1905 | |
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