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'.
Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) [XC352805]
by Frank Lambert from Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia (song)
Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) [XC688031]
by Marc Anderson from Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia (song)
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.
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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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