Machaerirhynchus

Boatbills
Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Machaerirhynchidae
Genus: Machaerirhynchus
Gould, 1851

Machaerirhynchus is a genus of passerine birds with affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds. The two species are known as boatbills. The genus is distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.

The species are:

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