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;[[:Category:Pachycephala|Pachycephala]] citreogaster
 
;[[:Category:Pachycephala|Pachycephala]] citreogaster
'''Includes Louisiade Whistler'''
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
16-19 cm.
 
16-19 cm.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Bismarck Archipelago, Louisiade Archipelago and Tabar Island
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Bismarck Archipelago and Tabar Island
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Sometimes regarded conspecific with [[Golden Whistler]].<br />
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Sometimes regarded conspecific with [[Golden Whistler]] and formerly regarded conspecific with [[Louisiade Whistler]].
Now split into two species by Clements<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
* '''Bismarck Whistler''' (''Pachycephala citreogaster'')
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*''P. c. tabarensis'': Tabar Island ([[Papua New Guinea]])
:*''P. c. tabarensis'': Tabar Island ([[Papua New Guinea]])
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*''P. c. ottomeyeri'': Lihir Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
:*''P. c. ottomeyeri'': Lihir Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
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*''P. c. goodsoni'': Admiralty Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
:*''P. c. goodsoni'': Admiralty Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
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*''P. c. citreogaster'': New Hanover, New Britain and New Ireland Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
:*''P. c. citreogaster'': New Hanover, New Britain and New Ireland Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
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*''P. c. sexuvaria'': St. Matthias Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
:*''P. c. sexuvaria'': St. Matthias Islands ([[Bismarck Archipelago]])
 
* '''Louisade Whistler''' (''Pachycephala collaris'')
 
:*''P. c. collaris'': Louisiade Archipelago
 
:*''P. c. misimae'': Misima Island (Louisiade Archipelago)
 
:*''P. c. rosseliana'': Rossel Island (Louisiade Archipelago)
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
Feeds mainly on insects and spiders.
 
Feeds mainly on insects and spiders.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor7}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V4.3}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor7}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V5.1}}
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

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Pachycephala citreogaster

Identification

16-19 cm.

Distribution

Bismarck Archipelago and Tabar Island

Taxonomy

Sometimes regarded conspecific with Golden Whistler and formerly regarded conspecific with Louisiade Whistler.

Subspecies

Habitat

Behaviour

Feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. 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
  3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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