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Pachycephala citreogaster

[edit] Identification

16-19 cm.

[edit] Distribution

Bismarck Archipelago, Louisiade Archipelago and Tabar Island

[edit] Taxonomy

Sometimes regarded conspecific with Golden Whistler.

[edit] Subspecies

• P. c. tabarensis: Tabar Island (Papua New Guinea)
• P. c. ottomeyeri: Lihir Islands (Bismarck Archipelago)
• P. c. goodsoni: Admiralty Islands (Bismarck Archipelago)
• P. c. citreogaster: New Hanover, New Britain and New Ireland Islands (Bismarck Archipelago)
• P. c. sexuvaria: St. Matthias Islands (Bismarck Archipelago)
• P. c. collaris: Louisiade Archipelago
• P. c. rosseliana: Rossel Island (Louisiade Archipelago)

[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. 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). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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