Bower's Shrikethrush (Colluricincla boweri)
About the Bower's Shrikethrush
Bower's shrikethrush (Colluricincla boweri), also known as the stripe-breasted shrike-thrush, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Australia. It is found on the southeast coast of Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Bower's shrikethrush was originally described in 1885 by Edward Pierson Ramsay, curator of the Australian Museum in Sydney. The specific name boweri honors Thomas Henry Bowyer-Bower, curator of ornithology at the Western Australian Museum at the time. The genus name Colluricincla comes from the Greek kollurion ("a bird") and the Latin cinclus ("thrush"). Bower's Strikethrush at Birds of the World
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 35 recordings for this species: 30 CC BY-NC-ND · 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Australia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonicarecording
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