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Genus: Ifrita

[edit] Description

This genus contains only one species from New Guinea.
This genus is one of only two described bird genera with poisonous members, the other being the genus Pitohui, also from New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

Ifrita is placed here in the family Eupetidae.
However this species differs from other species of this family considerably in appearance and behaviour. The taxonomic placement is still unsure and it has been placed close to the Niltava flycatchers, the fairywrens and the whistlers. Possibly it belongs in a monotypic family of its own.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422

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