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 LC    Gilbert's Whistler* Id (Atlas): 403
    Pachycephala inornata Endemic

Description (10)
Image of Gilbert's Whistler (Male)
 

Other Names (World)
Gilbert's Whistler, Gilbert Whistler, Black-lored Whistler, Red-throated Whistler, Black-lored Thickhead, Gilbert's Thickhead, Gilbert Thickhead, Red-throated Thickhead, Thickhead

Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
19 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1841

Derivation
Pach'-y-ceph-al-a - Gk, pachys, thick; Gk, cephale, head: in-orn-ä-ta - L., inornatus, unadorned

Abundance (Guide)
UC

Uncommon. Sedentary or nomadic.

Habitat
Semi-arid mallee or acacia shrublands and woodlands with a shrubby understorey. Sometimes taller eucalypt woodlands or forests.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Gilbert's Whistler
 
Mallee and open-forest areas of southern Australia, from western New South Wales and central Victoria to inland south-western Australia.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Vulnerable.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually singly or in pairs.

Food
Insects and their larvae, but occasionally seeds and fruit.

Voice
A far-carrying sequence of 15 husky, mellow, slightly nasal, deep whistled calls, starting low and building to a crescendo, each call with a sharper whip-crack effect, 'cheop-cheop-cheiop-cheiop-cheeeiop-cheeiop'. A scratchy, 'eechowk, eechowk, eechowk, eechowk' and a clear, strong, whistled, 'eew-whit, ew-whit, ew-whit'.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

 
Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) [XC334048]
     by Greg McLachlan from Gluepot, South Australia, Australia (song)

 
Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) [XC171790]
     by Martin Cake from Euabalong, New South Wales, Australia (song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
August - December.

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Nest
Cup-shaped, composed mainly of dry bark, in a low bush or on top of an old nest of a babbler.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 4; cream-buff, spotted with brown-black and lavender, often in a zone at the larger end; oval; about 23 x 17 mm. Incubation: about 15 days; mainly by female.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Very similar to Red-lored Whistler (Pachycephala rufogularis) which has orange or rufous lores.

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References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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