Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)

Wattled Ploughbill (Eulacestoma nigropectus) - HBW 12, p. 409

French: Écorceur caronculé German: Lappendickkopf Spanish: Silbador Picoarado
Other common names: Wattled Shrike-tit, Ploughshare Tit

Taxonomy: Eulacestoma nigropectus De Vis, 1894, Mount Maneao, south-east New Guinea.
Affinities uncertain. A recent proposal separates present genus and Falcunculus in a narrow family Falcunculidae. Proposed race clara, from C ranges (Weyland Mts E to Mt Hagen and Kubor Mts), considered inseparable from populations elsewhere. Monotypic.

Distribution: C & E New Guinea from Weyland Mts E to mountains of SE.