Southern Shrikebills
The Southern Shrikebills (Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides) - also known as Brown Flycatchers - are songbirds native to the Pacific Islands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides pachycephaloides (Elliot, 1870)
- Range: On Grande Terre, part of the New Caledonia island group.
- Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides grisescens (Sharpe, 1899)
- Range: Banks Islands and Vanuatu - from Torres Island south to the islands of Émaé, Éfaté and Erromango.
Alternate (Global) Names
Czech: Lejskovec tuhýkovitý, lejskovec ťuhýkovitý ... Danish: Melanesisk Skadenæb ... Dutch: Vanuatuklauwiermonarch, Vanuatu-klauwiermonarch ... Finnish: Uudenkaledonianlepinkäis monarkki ... French: Gobemouche brun, Monarque brun, Monarque des Hébrides ... German: Hebridenwürgermonarch, Hybriden Würgermonarch, Hybridenwürgermonarch ... Italian: Becco d'averla meridionale, Beccouncinato meridionale ... Japanese: karedoniaoohashihitaki ... Norwegian: Grønnebbmonark ... Polish: dzierzbodziób nowokaledonski, dzierzbodziób nowokaledoński ... Russian: Гебридская большеклювая мухоловка ... Slovak: monarch hnedý ... Spanish: Monarca Pardo, Monarca Sureño ... Swedish: Melanesisk monark
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