Family: Pachycephalidae
Description
Whistlers and allies are found in from southeast Asia east to Australia and New Zealand. New Guinea has the largest number of species. Most Whistlers have a large rounded head. Their wings are short and broad and the rictal bristles are generally short. Many species have dull or drab coloured plumage, often with little patterning. Species of this family often have a loud, whistling voice.
Taxonomy
Pachycephalidae is a Family in the Order Passeriformes.
The Mohuas from New Zealand were moved to this family recently but are now placed in their own family Mohouidae.
Species from the newly formed family Oreoicidae were also included here.
The Olive-flanked Whistler from Sulawesi has been included with the Whistlers in the past but is now generally placed in its own family: Hylocitreidae. The genus Pitohui has been moved to Oriolidae. Furthermore the genera Falcunculus is now placed in its own family Falcunculidae, Eulacestoma in Eulacestomatidae and Rhagologus in Rhagologidae.
References
- 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
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pachycephalidae. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pachycephalidae
Subcategories
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
