Rennell shrikebill
Appearance
Rennell shrikebill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Clytorhynchus |
Species: | C. hamlini
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Binomial name | |
Clytorhynchus hamlini (Mayr, 1931)
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The Rennell shrikebill (Clytorhynchus hamlini) is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The binomial commemorates Dr. Hannibal Hamlin, leader of the Whitney South Seas Expedition, who died in 1982.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Clytorhynchus hamlini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22707224A156176156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22707224A156176156.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.