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Machaerirhynchus

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Boatbills
Yellow-breasted boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Malaconotoidea
Family: Machaerirhynchidae
Genus: Machaerirhynchus
Gould, 1851
Type species
Machaerirhynchus flaviventer[1]
Gould, 1851

Machaerirhynchus is a genus of passerine birds with affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds. The two species are known as boatbills. The genus is distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.

The species are:

References

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  1. ^ "Machaerirhynchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
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