Species profile
Black-breasted Boatbill
Machaerirhynchus nigripectus
Quick answer
Common and calling from 1,225 m upwards, usually alone, occasionally in pairs or in mixed-speciesȱflocks. ȱPreviouslyȱrecordedȱfromȱtheȱAdelbertsȱonlyȱbyȱPrattȱ (1982).
- Scientific name
- Machaerirhynchus nigripectus
- Family
- Machaerirhynchidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Machaerirhynchus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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