Rennell shrikebill

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Rennell shrikebill

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Clytorhynchus
Species:
C. hamlini
Binomial name
Clytorhynchus hamlini
(Mayr, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Pinarolestes hamlini

The Rennell shrikebill (Clytorhynchus hamlini) is a

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.

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