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Coracornis

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

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyPachycephalidae
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coracornis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.