Grallina

Grallina is a genus of passerine bird native to Australia and New Guinea. It is a member of a group of birds termed monarch flycatchers.

Grallina
Male magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Grallina Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Grallina melanoleuca[1] Vieillot, 1816
Species
See text
Synonyms
Tanypus

Taxonomy

Higher taxonomy

Long thought to be a member of the mudnest builder family Corcoracidae, the magpie-lark and torrent lark have been reclassified in the family Monarchidae (the monarch flycatchers). The two make up a lineage that split off early from other monarchs and has no close relatives within the family.^[2]

The monarch flycatchers are considered either as a subfamily Monarchinae, together with the fantails as part of the drongo family Dicruridae,^[3] or as a family Monarchidae in its own right.^[4] More broadly, they belong to the Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines including pardalotes, fairy-wrens and honeyeaters as well as crows.^[5]

Species

Two species are recognized:^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Grallina cyanoleuca	Magpie-lark	Australia, Timor, and southern New Guinea
	Grallina bruijnii	Torrent-lark	New Guinea