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OREOICIDAE - Australo-papuan Bellbirds1 (3:3)
ALEADRYAS Iredale, 1956 F - Pachycephala rufinucha P.L. Sclater, 1874; type by monotypy   2
Aleadryas rufinucha Rufous-naped Bellbird
rufinucha (P.L. Sclater, 1874) iMontane NW New Guinea (mountains of Doberai Pen.)
niveifrons (E. Hartert, 1930)3 iMontane NW, N, WC and EC New Guinea (Wondiwoi Mts.; central cordillera east to Kratke Range; Foya Mts., North Coast Ranges, Adelbert Range)
lochmia (Mayr, 1931) vMontane NE New Guinea (mountains of Huon Pen.)
gamblei (Rothschild, 1897) iMontane SE New Guinea (Herzog Range to Owen Stanley Range)
ORNORECTES Iredale, 1956 M - Rectes cristatus Salvadori, 1875; type by original designation4
Ornorectes cristatus5 Piping Bellbird
cristatus (Salvadori, 1875)6 αvLower montane NW and WC New Guinea (Vogelkop to Maoke Mts.)
arthuri (E. Hartert, 1930) iLower montane N and EC New Guinea; lowland SC New Guinea (Cyclops Mts., North Coast Ranges; central cordillera east to Karimui; lower Trans-Fly region)
kodonophonos (Mayr, 1931) iLower montane SE New Guinea
OREOICA Gould, 1838 F - Falcunculus gutturalis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827; type by original designation   7
Oreoica gutturalis Crested Bellbird
pallescens Mathews, 1912 iW, C and N inland Australia
gutturalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) vSW, S and EC to SE inland Australia
1 Members of this family formerly placed variously in the Pachycephalidae, Colluricinclidae and Falcunculidae, but grouped here based on their clustering in a root corvidan lineage by DNA sequence and contingent morphological analyses, see Jønsson et al. (2008) [Jønsson, 2008 #10613], Dumbacher et al. (2008) [Dumbacher, 2008 #11709], Norman et al. (2009) [Norman, 2009 #11907], Jønsson et al. (2011) [Jønsson, 2011 #12727] and Schodde & Christidis (2014) [Schodde, 2014 #15669].
2 For recognition and separation from Pachycephala, see Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636], Jønsson et al. (2008) [Jønsson, 2008 #10613] and Dumbacher et al. (2008) [Dumbacher, 2008 #11709], and for placement in Oreoicidae see Norman et al. (2009) [Norman, 2009 #11907], Jønsson et al. (2011) [Jønsson, 2011 #12727] and Schodde & Christidis (2014) [Schodde, 2014 # 15669].
3 Subspecific identity of populations on Foya Mts., North Coast ranges and Adelbert Ranges not clear, and assignments here follow Boles (2007) [Boles, 2007 #12231].
4 For recognition and separation from Pitohui, see Jønsson et al. (2008) [Jønsson, 2008 #10613] and Dumbacher et al. (2008) [Dumbacher, 2008 #11709] who placed the genus in the Oreoicidae, as did Jønsson et al. (2011) [Jønsson, 2011 #12727] and Schodde & Christidis (2014) [Schodde, 2014 #15669].
5 Geography of subspeciation anomalous; revision needed.
6 For correct date see Poggi (1996, 2010) [Poggi, 1996 #10153], [Poggi, 2010 #12656].
7 Formerly considered to be close to Falcunculus but see Dumbacher et al. (2008) [Dumbacher, 2008 #11709], Norman et al. (2009) [Norman, 2009 #11907], Jønsson et al. (2011) [Jønsson, 2011 #12727] and Schodde & Christidis (2014) [Schodde, 2014 #15669].
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