Vanikoro Whistler - BirdForum Opus

Identification

17 cm (6¾ in)
Male

Female

Juvenile has more rufous head and sometimes yellow on throat

Vanikoro (southeastern Temotu, southeastern Solomon Islands).

Vanikoro Whistler, Nendo Whistler, and Utupua Whistler were formerly considered a single species with the name of Temotu Whistler. This was formerly included in Golden Whistler.

This is a monotypic species[1].

Forests, including degraded forests on small islands.

Male is often solitary, female often with juvenile. Forages in all forest stories.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Christidis et al. 2018. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, version 4.1 (Downloadable checklist). Accessed from https://www.howardandmoore.org.
Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2019. IOC World Bird List (v9.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.9.2. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Boles, W., Christie, D.A. & Kirwan, G.M. (2019). Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/59355 on 6 December 2019).
Dutson, G. (2011) Birds of Melanesia, Christopher Helm, London.

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Vanikoro Whistler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Vanikoro_Whistler

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