Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)

Sandstone Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) - HBW 12, p. 433

French: Pitohui des rochers German: Braunbrustpitohui Spanish: Picanzo Roquero
Other common names: Brown-breasted/Red-bellied /Woodward’s Shrike-thrush, Sandstone/Cliff/Brown-breasted Thrush

Taxonomy: Colluricincla woodwardi E. J. O. Hartert, 1905, South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia.
Somewhat paler and greyer birds in W of range sometimes separated as a geographical race, assimilis, but differences from E birds slight and variation apparently clinal. Monotypic.

Distribution: N Western Australia (E from Kimberley), N Northern Territory and extreme NW Queensland.