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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 12:18:15 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Sclater's Whistler*
Id (Atlas):
Pachycephala soror
Description (10 )
Sclater's Whistler
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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.
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)... )
Listen to XC40690
Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror ) [XC40690 ]
by Iain Woxvold from Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, Papua, Indonesia (song)
Listen to XC445177
Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror ) [XC445177 ]
by Scott Connop from Hingk, Manokwari Regency, West 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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Sclaters Whistler see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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