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Passeriformes / Machaerirhynchidae / Machaerirhynchus

Black-breasted Boatbill

Machaerirhynchus nigripectus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbboa1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Machaerirhynchidae
Genus: Machaerirhynchus

Subspecies (3)

Machaerirhynchus nigripectus harterti

mountains of Huon Peninsula and southeastern New Guinea
Machaerirhynchus nigripectus nigripectus

mountains of Bird's Head Peninsula (western New Guinea)
Machaerirhynchus nigripectus saturatus

montane forest of central New Guinea

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbboa1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.