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;[[:Category:Pachycephala|Pachycephala]] griseonota | ;[[:Category:Pachycephala|Pachycephala]] griseonota | ||
'''Includes: Cinnamon-breasted Whistler''' | '''Includes: Cinnamon-breasted Whistler''' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 14 - 15.5cm. Nominate subspecies: | + | 14 - 15.5cm (5½-6 in).<br /> |
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* Sooty grey crown, forehead and side of head | * Sooty grey crown, forehead and side of head | ||
* Greyish-brown upperparts | * Greyish-brown upperparts | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| − | There are 6 subspecies: | + | There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
* ''P. g. cinerascens'' on Tidore, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai | * ''P. g. cinerascens'' on Tidore, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai | ||
* ''P. g. lineolata'' on Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho and Sulabesi) | * ''P. g. lineolata'' on Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho and Sulabesi) | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 13 November 2016
- Pachycephala griseonota
Includes: Cinnamon-breasted Whistler
Identification
14 - 15.5cm (5½-6 in).
Nominate subspecies:
- Sooty grey crown, forehead and side of head
- Greyish-brown upperparts
- Dusky grey-brown upperwing and tail
- Off-white chin and throat
- Greyish-ochre breast
- Rusty ochre belly
- Black bill
Females are similar but more uniformely coloured. Immature similar to female.
- Kuehni is similar to nominate but has a tinged grey throat a duller grey-brown breast and a paler buffy ochre belly
- Lineolata is similar to kuehni but the back is greyer, the breast grey and the belly white
- Cinerascens has a browner back than lineolata, a darker breas and a white belly with a slight tinge of ochre
- Johni has olive-brown upperparts and uniform rusty cinnamon underparts
Distribution
Found on several islands of the Moluccas, Indonesia.
Common on some, uncommon on other islands.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 6 subspecies[1]:
- P. g. cinerascens on Tidore, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai
- P. g. lineolata on Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho and Sulabesi)
- P. g. johni on Obi
- P. g. examinata on Buru
- P. g. griseonota on Seram
- P. g. kuehni on Kai Islands (Kai Besar, Tual, Kai Kecil)
Johni is sometimes treated as full species, Cinnamon-breasted Whistler.
Habitat
Lowland moist forests. Avoids mangroves. Occurs on some islands only in lowlands, on others like Seram up to 1100m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects. Sometimes in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
Juveniles recorded in September. No other information about breeding.
Resident species.
References
- 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/
- 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) Drab Whistler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Drab_Whistler
