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Boatbills

The genus Machaerirhynchus, commonly known as boatbills, is a small group of passerine birds related to woodswallows and butcherbirds, consisting of two species. These include the Black-breasted boatbill (M. nigripectus), which resides in New Guinea, and the Yellow-breasted boatbill (M. flaviventer), found in northeast Australia. Both species share a distribution range that spans from New Guinea to northern Queensland, showcasing similar ecological preferences within their respective habitats.

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Typical Broadbills
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Black-breasted Boatbill

Machaerirhynchus nigripectus

Yellow-breasted Boatbill

Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
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Albatrosses

Anhingas, Darters

Asian Barbets

Austral Storm Petrels

Australasian Babblers

Australasian Robins

Australasian Treecreepers

Australasian Warblers

Australasian Wrens

Australian Mudnesters

Australo-Papuan Bellbirds

Barn Owls

Bee-eaters

Berrypeckers, Longbills

Birds-of-paradise

Boatbills

Bowerbirds

Bristlebirds

Bulbuls

Buntings

Bustards

Buttonquail

Caracaras, Falcons

Cassowaries, Emu

Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Cisticolas & Allies

Cockatoos

Cormorants, Shags

Coursers, Pratincoles

Cranes

Crows, Jays

Cuckoos

Cuckooshrikes

Drongos

Ducks, Geese, Swans

Fairy Flycatchers

Fairy-bluebirds

Fantails

Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra

Finches, Euphonias

Flamingos

Flowerpeckers

Flufftails

Frigatebirds

Frogmouths

Gannets, Boobies

Grassbirds & Allies

Grebes

Guineafowl

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Herons, Bitterns

Honeyeaters

Hoopoes

Hornbills

Ibises, Spoonbills

Ifrit

Jacanas

Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes

Kingfishers

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Larks

Leaf Warblers & Allies

Logrunners

Lyrebirds

Magpie Goose

Megapodes

Melampittas

Monarchs

Mottled Berryhunter

New World Quail

Nightjars

Northern Storm Petrels

Old World Parrots

Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches

Ospreys

Ostriches

Owlet-nightjars

Owls

Oystercatchers

Painted Berrypeckers

Painted-snipes

Pardalotes

Pelicans

Penguins

Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Pheasants & Allies

Pigeons, Doves

Pittas

Plains-wanderer

Ploughbill

Plovers

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Reed Warblers & Allies

Rollers

Sandpipers, Snipes

Satinbirds

Scrubbirds

Shrikes

Shriketit

Sittellas

Skuas

Starlings, Rhabdornis

Stilts, Avocets

Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Storks

Sunbirds

Swallows, Martins

Swifts

Thrushes

Tits, Chickadees

Treeswifts

Tropicbirds

Typical Broadbills

Vangas & Allies

Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers

Wagtails, Pipits

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Whipbirds

Whistlers & Allies

White-eyes

Woodpeckers

Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies

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