Grallina
Genus of birds
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Grallina is a genus of passerine bird native to Australia and New Guinea. It is a member of a group of birds termed monarch flycatchers.
| Grallina | |
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| Male magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Grallina Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Grallina melanoleuca[1] Vieillot, 1816 | |
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Taxonomy
Higher taxonomy
Long thought to be a member of the mudnest builder family Corcoracidae, the magpie-lark and torrent lark have been reclassified in the family Monarchidae (the monarch flycatchers). The two make up a lineage that split off early from other monarchs and has no close relatives within the family.[2]
The monarch flycatchers are considered either as a subfamily Monarchinae, together with the fantails as part of the drongo family Dicruridae,[3] or as a family Monarchidae in its own right.[4] More broadly, they belong to the Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines including pardalotes, fairy-wrens and honeyeaters as well as crows.[5]
Species
Two species are recognized:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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 | Grallina cyanoleuca | Magpie-lark | Australia, Timor, and southern New Guinea |
.jpg) | Grallina bruijnii | Torrent-lark | New Guinea |
