Melanorectes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Classis/Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes
Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Corvida
Superfamilia: Corvoidea

Familia: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Melanorectes
Species: Melanorectes nigrescens
Name

Melanorectes Sharpe, 1877

Typus: Rectes nigrescens Schlegel, 1871 = Melanorectes nigrescens

References
Primary references

Sharpe, R.B. 1877. Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Coliomorphae: Containing the Families Corvidae, Paradiseidae, Oriolidae, Dicruridae and Prionopidae. Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum. 3: i–xiii; 1–344; pl. 1–14. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8233 Reference page. p. 289

Additional references

Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M., Fuchs, J., Ericson, P.G.P, Christidis, L., Bowie, R.C.K. Norman, J.A., Pasquet, E. & Fjeldså, J. 2008. Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: Evidence from the Campephagidae and other crown Corvida (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(1): 221–236. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.017 Paywall Reference page.
Dumbacher, J.P., Deiner, K., Thompson, L. & Fleischer, R.C. 2008. Phylogeny of the avian genus Pitohui and the evolution of toxicity in birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(3): 774–781. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.018 Paywall Reference page.
Norman, J.A., Ericson, P.G.P., Jønsson, K.A., Fjeldså, J. & Christidis, L. 2009b. A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(2): 488–497. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019 Paywall Reference page.
Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Moyle, R.G., Christidis, L., Norman, J.A., Benz, B.W. & Fjeldså, J. 2010. Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography 37: 245–257. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x Paywall Reference page.