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Machaerirhynchus
Machaerirhynchus
is
a genus
of
passerine birds
with
affinities
to woodswallows and
butcherbirds
. The two
species
are known as
boatbills
. The
genus
is
distributed
across
New Guinea
and
northern
Queensland
.
The species are:
Black-breasted boatbill
,
M. nigripectus
, found in New
Guinea
Yellow-breasted boatbill
,
M. flaviventer
, found in
northeast
Australia