Machaerirhynchus
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| name = Boatbills
| image = MachaerirhynchusFlaviventerWolf.jpg
| image_caption = Yellow-breasted boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer)
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Machaerirhynchus
| authority = Gould, 1851
| type_species = Machaerirhynchus flaviventer{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=133 |title= Machaerirhynchidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}
| type_species_authority = Gould, 1851
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Machaerirhynchus is a genus of passerine birds with affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds. The two species are known as boatbills. The genus is distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.
The species are:
- Black-breasted boatbill, M. nigripectus, found in New Guinea
- Yellow-breasted boatbill, M. flaviventer, found in northeast Australia
References
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External links
- [http://montereybay.com/creagrus/boatbills.html A page on boatbills at Don Roberson's world birding website]
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