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 LC    Lorentz's Whistler* Id (Atlas):
    Pachycephala lorentzi

Description (10)
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Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Mayr, 1931

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland.

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

Highlands of central New Guinea from eastern Snow Mts east to Hindenburg Mts and Victor Emanuel Range.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A small series of clear whistles.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Lorentz's Whistler (Pachycephala lorentzi) [XC155946]
     by Iain Woxvold from Baliem Valley, Indonesia (song)

 
Lorentz's Whistler (Pachycephala lorentzi) [XC40368]
     by Hans Matheve from Baliem Valley, Snow Mountains, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Originally considered conspecific with Regent Whistler (Pachycephala schlegelii), but subsequently discovered to occur sympatrically with that species. Both are members 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), 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).


References
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Files:
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