Sooty shrikethrush
Colluricincla tenebrosa (Rothschild, 1911)
The sooty shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) is a species in the family Pachycephalidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 46 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the sooty shrikethrush
- Weight
- 46 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the sooty shrikethrush live?
Not recorded
What is the sooty shrikethrush?
The sooty shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae.
It is found in the New Guinea Highlands.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
From the Wikipedia article “Sooty shrikethrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sooty_shrikethrush&oldid=1375240416), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the sooty shrikethrush endangered?
The sooty shrikethrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the sooty shrikethrush classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPachycephalidae
- genusColluricincla
- SpeciesColluricincla tenebrosa (Rothschild, 1911)
Synonyms Colluricincla tenebrosa umbrina, Colluricincla umbrina, Melanorhectes umbrinus, Pachycephala tenebrosa
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- Sooty shrike-thrushEnglish
- Sooty shrike-thrushEnglish
- pituí foscCatalan
- pištec novoguinejskýCzech
- pêr-chwibanwr duWelsh
- Palau TornskadedrosselDanish
- RußdickkopfGerman
- Palau-GudilangGerman
- Ruß-GudilangGerman
- fulga pakicefaloEsperanto
- Picanzo sombríoSpanish
- nokiviheltäjäFinnish
- Siffleur ombréFrench
- mrka zviždavkaCroatian
- kancilan jelagaIndonesian
- Tordo averla fuligginosoItalian
- ススイロモズツグミJapanese
- tamsioji medšarkinė musinukėLithuanian
- Palaujinė medšarkinė musinukėLithuanian
- TreurlijsterdikkopDutch
- Roetbruine LijsterdikkopDutch
- sotplystrerNorwegian
- fletnik siwyPolish
- sibilante-sombrioPortuguese
- picanço-fuliginosoPortuguese
- Черноватый питуиRussian
- Черноватая сорокопутовая мухоловкаRussian
- gudilang tmavýSlovak
- Čađavi svračkoliki drozdSerbian
- sottörntrastSwedish
- Karaca IslıkçıardıçTurkish
- ядлівчак бурийUkrainian
- 乌鵙鹟Chinese
- 烏鵙鶇Chinese
Relatives of the sooty shrikethrush
Other species in the same genus Colluricincla.
Grey shrikethrush
Colluricincla harmonica
Bower's shrikethrush
Colluricincla boweri
Sandstone shrikethrush
Colluricincla woodwardi
Arafura shrikethrush
Colluricincla megarhyncha
CompareSooty shrikethrush vs Grey shrikethrushSooty shrikethrush vs Bower's shrikethrushSooty shrikethrush vs Sandstone shrikethrushSooty shrikethrush vs Arafura shrikethrush
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sooty shrikethrush?
An adult sooty shrikethrush weighs 46 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sooty shrikethrush endangered?
The sooty shrikethrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the sooty shrikethrush?
The sooty shrikethrush (Colluricincla tenebrosa) belongs to the family Pachycephalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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