Sclater's whistler

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Sclater's whistler
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species:
P. soror
Binomial name
Pachycephala soror
Subspecies

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Sclater's whistler (Pachycephala soror) or the hill golden whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae found in the highlands of New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater. [2]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized: [3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Pachycephala soror". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T22705493A118685888. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705493A118685888.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304.
  3. "Whiteheads, sitellas & whistlers « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.