Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Sooty Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla umbrina) - HBW 12, p. 432
French: Pitohui ombré
German: Rußpitohui
Spanish: Picanzo Sombrío
Other common names: Sooty/Obscure Whistler, Obscure Shrike-thrush
Taxonomy: Melanorhectes umbrinus Reichenow, 1915, Schraderberg, Sepik Mountains, New Guinea.
Initially considered to be a whistler and named as Pachycephala tenebrosa; with transfer to present genus, latter name becomes preoccupied and is therefore replaced by current one. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atra ( Rothschild, 1931) - WC New Guinea on N slopes of Snow Mts from upper R Siriwo (Gebroeder Mts) E to R Idenburg.
- umbrina ( Reichenow, 1915) - S slopes of Snow Mts from Weyland Mts E to Mt Goliath, Hindenburg Mts and Sepik Mts; isolated record from W Schrader Mts.
- Least Concern
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