Grallina
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. This group is considered either as a subfamily Monarchinae, together with the fantails as part of the drongo family Dicruridae, or as a family Monarchidae in its own right. More broadly, they belong to the Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines including pardalotes, fairy-wrens and honeyeaters as well as crows.
Taxonomy and systematics
Species
Two species are recognized:Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
Grallina cyanoleuca | Magpie-lark | Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea | |
Grallina bruijni | Torrent-lark | New Guinea |