Sooty Shrikethrush

Colluricincla tenebrosa (Rothschild, 1911)

Sooty Shrikethrush, Colluricincla tenebrosa, is a bird of montane western to eastern New Guinea in Australasia, where it occurs in the New Guinea Highlands. It belongs to the family Pachycephalidae and is associated with subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Two subspecies are recognised. C. t. atra is found on the northern slopes of the central New Guinea mountains, while C. t. tenebrosa occurs on the southern slopes of the central New Guinea mountains. It was described by Rothschild in 1911.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pachycephalidae — Whistlers & Allies

Breeding range

Australasia: montane wc to ec New Guinea