Black-headed Whistler (Pachycephala monacha)

Other Names (World)
Black-headed Whistler, Black-backed Whistler

Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A distinctive series of whistling notes, ending with some explosive whistles.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Black-headed Whistler (Pachycephala monacha) [XC38380]
by Frank Lambert from Kama Village (Anji Valley) nr Mt Hagen Enga province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Black-headed Whistler (Pachycephala monacha) [XC122073]
by John V. Moore from Amamapare, Freeport, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Drab Whistler (Pachycephala griseonota), Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) and Wallacean Whistler (Pachycephala arctitorquis). Sometimes treated as conspecific with Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) and Wallacean Whistler (Pachycephala arctitorquis). In south-eastern New Guinea, hybridizes with White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) on Sogeri Plateau and in R Angabunga area (from Bereina to Mafulu).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

monacha Gray, 1858 - Aru Is, off south-western New Guinea.
lugubris Salvadori, 1881 - Patchily in New Guinea mountains from Charles Louis Mts, mouth of R Mimika and R Utanata, Snow and Victor Emanuel Ranges, and northern base of Bewani Mts, R Puwani and Saruwaged Mts east to Owen Stanley Mts.
dorsalis Salvadori, 1878 - Mountains of central and eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-headed Whistler (Pachycephala monacha) - 6 files

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