New Caledonian Whistler (Pachycephala caledonica)

Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical dry forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

New Caledonia (B).

New Caledonia and I of Pines.

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
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud, rising 'whit-whit-whit'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

New Caledonian Whistler (Pachycephala caledonica) [XC340202]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Parc Provincial de La Riviere bleue, New Caledonia, France (call, song)

New Caledonian Whistler (Pachycephala caledonica) [XC40136]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Parc Provincial de La Riviere bleue, New Caledonia, France (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

A member of a species group that includes also Fawn-breasted Whistler (Pachycephala orpheus), Bare-throated Whistler (Pachycephala nudigula), Vogelkop Whistler (Pachycephala meyeri), Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror), Lorentz's Whistler (Pachycephala lorentzi), Regent Whistler (Pachycephala schlegelii), Guadalcanal Hooded Whistler (Pachycephala implicata), Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis), Tongan Whistler (Pachycephala jacquinoti), Samoan Whistler (Pachycephala flavifrons), Mangrove Golden Whistler (Pachycephala melanura) and Golden-backed Whistler (Pachycephala aurea).

Sometimes regarded as conspecific with Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis). Alternatively, some taxonomists expand present species to include whistlers of Loyalty Is, Banks Is, Vanuatu and Vanikoro (Santa Cruz Is), conventionally regarded as subspecies of Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis).

References
See References.

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