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Photo by Mark Harper
Buli Road, Halmahera, Moluccas, September 2016
Pachycephala mentalis

Identification

16-19 cm.

Distribution

North Moluccas

Taxonomy

Sometimes considered conspecific with Golden Whistler or Yellow-throated Whistler (may be united with the latter as "Moluccan Whistler").

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies [1]:

  • P. m. mentalis: North Moluccas (Bacan, Halmahera and Morotai)
  • P. m. tidorensis: North Moluccas (Tidore and Ternate)
  • P. m. obiensis: South Moluccas (Obi and Bisa)

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. 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/
  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. 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
  4. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  5. Simpson, K and N Day. 1998. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-4877-5

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