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:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Grallina cyanoleucaMagpie-larkAustralia, Timor and southern New Guinea
Grallina bruijniTorrent-larkNew Guinea