Machaerirhynchus
Genus of birds
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Machaerirhynchus is a genus of passerine birds with affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds. The two species are known as boatbills.
| Boatbills | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Yellow-breasted boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Malaconotoidea |
| Family: | Machaerirhynchidae |
| Genus: | Machaerirhynchus Gould, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Machaerirhynchus flaviventer[1] Gould, 1851 | |
The genus is distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.
The species are:
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Black-breasted boatbill | Machaerirhynchus nigripectus | New Guinea |
 | Yellow-breasted boatbill | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | Northeast Australia. |