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Alternative name: Banda Sea Whistler

Pachycephala macrorhyncha

[edit] Identification

16-19 cm.

[edit] Distribution

Lesser Sundas and southern Moluccas

[edit] Taxonomy

Sometimes regardes conspecific with Golden Whistler.

[edit] Subspecies

• P. m. pelengensis: Banggai Islands (Peleng and Banggai)
• P. m. clio: Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho, Mangole and Sanana)
• P. m. buruensis: Buru (south Moluccas)
• P. m. macrorhyncha: South Moluccas (Ambon and Seram)
• P. m. calliope: Eastern Lesser Sundas (Roti, Timor, Semau and Wetar)
• P. m. compar: Eastern Lesser Sundas (Leti and Moa)
• P. m. par: Romang (eastern Lesser Sundas)
• P. m. dammeriana: Damar (eastern Lesser Sundas)
• P. m. sharpei: Babar (Lesser Sundas)
• P. m. fuscoflava: Tanimbar Islands (Larat and Yamdena)

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
3. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
4. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

• List of references

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