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- Pachycephala citreogaster
Identification
16-19 cm.
Distribution
Bismarck Archipelago, Louisiade Archipelago and Tabar Island
Taxonomy
Sometimes regarded conspecific with Golden Whistler.
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)
Habitat
Behaviour
Feeds mainly on insects and spiders.
References
- 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
- 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
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bismarck Whistler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bismarck_Whistler