Tongan Whistler (Pachycephala jacquinoti)

Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1850

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, swamp forest.

Range (Guide)

Tonga (B).

Vava'u Group (Uta Vava'u, Kapa, Pangaimotu, Euakafa, Utungake, A'a) and Late I, in northern Tonga.

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) and decreasing.

Status NT
Predation by introduced mammals is the main threat. If deforestation outpaces regrowth that may also become a threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insectivorous.

Voice
A clear whistled song that trails of towards the end. Females and immatures utter noisy chatters.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Tongan Whistler (Pachycephala jacquinoti) [XC368841]
by id from Utungake, Vava'u, Tonga (song)

Tongan Whistler (Pachycephala jacquinoti) [XC63022]
by Huw Lloyd from Mount Talau National Park, Vava'u Island, Tonga (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Listed in some earlier texts as "Pachycephala melanops" on mistaken assumption that present scientific name was a nomen nudum. 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), New Caledonian Whistler (Pachycephala caledonica), Samoan Whistler (Pachycephala flavifrons), Mangrove Golden Whistler (Pachycephala melanura) and Golden-backed Whistler (Pachycephala aurea).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis).

References
See References.

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