Alternative name: Banda Sea Whistler
- Pachycephala macrorhyncha
Identification
18-19 cm (7-7½ in)
- Olive-brown upperparts
- greyish crown
- Paler loral region
- Rufous rump
Distribution
Lesser Sundas and southern Moluccas
Taxonomy
Sometimes regarded as conspecific with Golden Whistler.
Gill and Donsker also include balim in this species which Clements used to place in Golden Whistler and recognizes now as full species (Baliem Whistler)
Subspecies
There are 10 subspecies[1]:
- P. m. pelengensis: Banggai Islands (Peleng and Banggai)
- P. m. clio: Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho, Mangole and Sanana)
- P. m. buruensis: Buru (south Moluccas)
- P. m. macrorhyncha: South Moluccas (Ambon and Seram)
- P. m. calliope: Eastern Lesser Sundas (Rote, Timor, Semau and Wetar)
- P. m. compar: Eastern Lesser Sundas (Leti and Moa)
- P. m. par: Romang (eastern Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. dammeriana: Damar (eastern Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. sharpei: Babar (Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. fuscoflava: Tanimbar Islands (Larat and Yamdena)
Habitat
Primary and secondary forests, tall scrub and gardens. They sometimes visit mangroves.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds mainly on insects and spiders.
They mostly feed in the middle and lower storey.
Breeding
There is no real information. Though likely to be similar to that of Golden Whistler.
References
- 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/
- 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
- 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/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Yellow-throated Whistler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Yellow-throated_Whistler
