Passeriformes

Mudlarks (Grallinidae)

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• Medium-sized passerines with small head, longish slender bill, long legs and fairly long tail; plumage distinctively black and white.
• Australia, New Guinea and Timor.
• One species near upland streams, the other in open habitats with water source.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 3 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.