Coracornis

Coracornis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pachycephalidae
Subfamily:	Pachycephalinae
Genus:	Coracornis; Riley, 1918
Type species
	Coracornis raveni; Riley, 1918

Coracornis is a genus of birds in the family Pachycephalidae. The two species are found in Indonesia.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, the genus Coracornis was considered to be monotypic, containing only the maroon-backed whistler. The Sangihe shrikethrush was added in 2013 following recent genetic studies.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Species

Two species are recognized:^[5]

Maroon-backed whistler (Coracornis raveni)
Sangihe whistler (Coracornis sanghirensis)

References

^ "Pachycephalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Norman, Janette A.; Ericson, Per G.P.; Jønsson, Knud A.; Fjeldså, Jon; Christidis, Les (2009). "A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (2): 488–497. Bibcode:2009MolPE..52..488N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019. PMID 19341806. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Jønsson, Knud A.; Bowie, Rauri C. K.; Moyle, Robert G.; Christidis, Les; Norman, Janette A.; Benz, Brett W.; Fjeldså, Jon (2010). "Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos". Journal of Biogeography. 37 (2): 245–57. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37..245J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x. S2CID 85013290.
^ "Taxonomy 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.