Grey whistler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pachycephalidae |
Genus: | Pachycephala |
Species: | P. simplex |
Binomial name | |
Pachycephala simplex Gould, 1843 | |
Subspecies | |
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