Family
Whistlers and Allies
Pachycephalidae
58 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The Pachycephalidae (from Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús), meaning "thick", and κεφαλή (kephalḗ), meaning "head") are a family of bird species that includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and three of the pitohuis, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. The family includes 69 species that are separated into five genera. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia.
Species in this family
- Waigeo Shrikethrush Colluricincla affinis
- Bower's Shrikethrush Colluricincla boweri
- Tagula Shrikethrush Colluricincla discolor
- Variable Shrikethrush Colluricincla fortis
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Arafura Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Mamberamo Shrikethrush Colluricincla obscura
- Rufous Shrikethrush Colluricincla rufogaster
- Sepik-Ramu Shrikethrush Colluricincla tappenbecki
- Sooty Shrikethrush Colluricincla tenebrosa
- Sandstone Shrikethrush Colluricincla woodwardi
- Maroon-backed Whistler Coracornis raveni
- Sangihe Whistler Coracornis sanghirensis
- Black Pitohui Melanorectes nigrescens
- Green-backed Whistler Pachycephala albiventris
- Wallacean Whistler Pachycephala arctitorquis
- Baliem Whistler Pachycephala balim
- New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica
- Tenggara Whistler Pachycephala calliope
- Vanuatu Whistler Pachycephala chlorura
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Bismarck Whistler Pachycephala citreogaster
- Louisiade Whistler Pachycephala collaris
- Rennell Whistler Pachycephala feminina
- Samoan Whistler Pachycephala flavifrons
- Western Whistler Pachycephala fuliginosa
- Drab Whistler Pachycephala griseonota
- White-vented Whistler Pachycephala homeyeri
- Rusty Whistler Pachycephala hyperythra
- Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha
- Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
- Tongan Whistler Pachycephala jacquinoti
- White-breasted Whistler Pachycephala lanioides
- White-bellied Whistler Pachycephala leucogastra
- Lorentz's Whistler Pachycephala lorentzi
- Moluccan Whistler Pachycephala macrorhyncha
- Biak Whistler Pachycephala melanorhyncha
- Black-tailed Whistler Pachycephala melanura
- Black-chinned Whistler Pachycephala mentalis
- Vogelkop Whistler Pachycephala meyeri
- Brown-backed Whistler Pachycephala modesta
- Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha
- Bare-throated Whistler Pachycephala nudigula
- Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea
- Oriole Whistler Pachycephala orioloides
- Fawn-breasted Whistler Pachycephala orpheus
- Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Island Whistler Pachycephala phaionota
- Yellow-bellied Whistler Pachycephala philippinensis
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis
- Regent Whistler Pachycephala schlegelii
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror
- Sulphur-bellied Whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer
- Morningbird Pachycephala tenebrosa
- Fiji Whistler Pachycephala vitiensis
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus