Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror)

Other Names (World)
Sclater's Whistler, Hill Golden Whistler

Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1874

Habitat
Subtropical andtropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also, heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror) [XC561241]
by Frank Lambert from Bilbilokabip, Ok Tedi headwaters, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror) [XC116157]
by Phil Gregory from Arfak Mountain Trek, near Mokwan Village, Irian Jaya Barat, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
A member of a species group that includes also Fawn-breasted Whistler (Pachycephala orpheus), Bare-throated Whistler (Pachycephala nudigula), Vogelkop Whistler (Pachycephala meyeri), Lorentz's Whistler (Pachycephala lorentzi), Regent Whistler (Pachycephala schlegelii), Guadalcanal Hooded Whistler (Pachycephala implicata), Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis), New Caledonian Whistler (Pachycephala caledonica), Tongan Whistler (Pachycephala jacquinoti), Samoan Whistler (Pachycephala flavifrons), Black-tailed Whistler (Pachycephala melanura) and Golden-backed Whistler (Pachycephala aurea). Subspecies klossi and bartoni intergrade in Huon Peninsula and Central Highlands. Population in Fakfak Mts, included within octogenarii, almost certainly represents a further, as yet undescribed subspecies, but no specimens available.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

soror Sclater, 1874 - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in north-western New Guinea.
octogenarii Diamond, 1985 - Bomberai Peninsula (Fakfak Mts, Kumawa Mts), in western New Guinea.
klossi Ogilvie-Grant, 1915 - Mountain ranges of central New Guinea from Weyland Mts east to Bismarck Range and Kubor Mts, also Adelbert Mts and Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts).
bartoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1915 - Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea, including Herzog Mts.
remota Mayr and Van Deusen, 1956 - Mountains of Goodenough I, in D�Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off south-eastern New Guinea).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sclaters Whistler (Pachycephala soror) - 10 files

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