Alternative name: Lesser Sunda Whistler
- Pachycephala nudigula
Identification
19.5cm. A distinctive Whistler:
- Black head
- Deep red bare patch on lower throat
- Black centre of upper-breast
- Yellowish-olive rest of underparts
- Olive upperparts
- Olive rump with yellowish tinge
- Dusky brown upperwings
- Black tail
- Black bill
Females have a grey crown, a greyish-white throat and only a small bare patch which is usually concealed. Juveniles have a yellow throat without a bare patch.
Distribution
Endemic to Sumbawa and Flores in the Lesser Sundas, Indonesia.
Common on Flores, rarer on Sumbawa.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 2 subspecies:
- P. n. ilsa:
- Montane forests of Sumbawa (Lesser Sundas)
- P. n. nudigula:
- Montane forests of Flores (Lesser Sundas)
Habitat
Dry and moist forests and moist montanes. At 400 - 2000m on Flores, 200 - 1730 on Sumbawa.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects and spiders.
Breeding season from May to July. No other information.
Resident species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bare-throated Whistler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bare-throated_Whistler
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
