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Alternative names: Mountain Whistler; Solomon Whistler; Solomon Mountain Whistler

Pachycephala implicata

[edit] Identification

16.5cm. A Whistler with two distinctive subspecies:
Male:

• Black head
• Olive upperparts, yellow-olive in richardsi
• Black tail
• Dark grey chin to upper breast, black in richardsi
• Yellowish-olive rest of underparts, yellow in richardsi
• Black bill

Female:

• Grey crown and side of head
• Greenish-olive upperparts
• Pale grey chin, throat and upper breast, darker in richardsi
• Olive-yellow rest of underparts, yellow in richardsi

Juveniles similar to female but with rufous underparts and upperparts

[edit] Distribution

Found on Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) and Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands).
Generally uncommon.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. i. implicata:

• Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)

• P. i. richardsi:

• Bougainville (Solomon Islands)

As the two subspecies have major plumage differences they should maybe better treated as two full species. Further study is needed.

[edit] Habitat

Montane forests mainly at 1200 - 2400m. Co-occurs with Golden Whistler in lower elevations.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on insects. Takes sometimes small snails, berries and seeds.
Fledglings were seen in October. No other information about breeding.
Resident species.

[edit] References

1. 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.
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. Avibase

• List of references

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