Coracornis

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Coracornis

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| taxon = Coracornis

| authority = Riley, 1918

| type_species = Coracornis raveni{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=143 |title= Pachycephalidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = Riley, 1918

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Coracornis is a genus of birds in the family Pachycephalidae. The two species are found in Indonesia.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, the genus Coracornis was considered to be monotypic, containing only the maroon-backed whistler. The Sangihe shrikethrush was added in 2013 following recent genetic studies.

{{cite journal

| journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

| volume = 52

| issue = 2

| year = 2009

| pages = 488–497

| title = A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes)

| first1 = Janette A.

| last1 = Norman

| first2 = Per G.P.

| last2 = Ericson

| first3 = Knud A.

| last3 = Jønsson

| first4 = Jon

| last4 = Fjeldså

| first5 = Les

| last5 = Christidis

| url = http://www.nrm.se/download/18.2656c41712139f1fb5b80006027/1367705201052/Norman+et+al+2009+core+Corvoidea.pdf

| accessdate = 12 September 2014

| doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019

| pmid=19341806| bibcode = 2009MolPE..52..488N

}}

{{cite journal|author1=Jønsson, Knud A. |author2=Bowie, Rauri C. K. |author3=Moyle, Robert G. |author4=Christidis, Les |author5=Norman, Janette A. |author6=Benz, Brett W. |author7=Fjeldså, Jon |date=2010|title=Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos|journal=Journal of Biogeography|volume=37|issue=2|pages=245–57|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x|bibcode=2010JBiog..37..245J |s2cid=85013290 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archive-3-1-to-3-5/taxonomy-3-1-3-5/|title=Taxonomy 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-28}}

=Species=

Two species are recognized:{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 7.1|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1|doi-access=free}}

Maroon-backed whistler (Coracornis raveni)
Sangihe whistler (Coracornis sanghirensis)

References

Category:Bird genera

Category:Taxa named by Joseph Harvey Riley

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot