Yellow-throated whistler

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Yellow-throated whistler
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Pachycephala macrorhyncha fuscoflava
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species:
P. macrorhyncha
Binomial name
Pachycephala macrorhyncha
Strickland, 1849
Synonyms
  • Myiolestes macrorhynchus
  • Pachycephala calliope
  • Pachycephala pectoralis macrorhyncha
  • Pachycephala pectoralis macrorhynchus

The yellow-throated whistler (Pachycephala macrorhyncha) or Banda Sea whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to central and south-eastern Wallacea, where it ranges from Timor east to the Tanimbars and north to Seram and Banggai (roughly equalling the islands in or adjacent to the Banda Sea). The oriole whistler is sometimes alternatively called the yellow-throated whistler, leading to confusion between both species.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The yellow-throated whistler was originally described in the genus Myiolestes (a synonym for Colluricincla ). The yellow-throated whistler is variably considered as either a subspecies of the Australian golden whistler or treated as a separate species, but strong published evidence in favour of either treatment is limited, and further study is warranted to resolve the complex taxonomic situation. [1]

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Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized: [2]

The Baliem whistler (Pachycephala balim) and the Babar whistler (Pachycephala sharpei) were formerly considered as a subspecies. The subspecies par and compar have been moved to the fawn-breasted whistler (Pachycephala orpheus) based on phylogenetic analyses. [2] [3]

Description

Among the members of the golden whistler group, the yellow-throated whistler is bordered to the north by the black-chinned whistler, to the west by the rusty-breasted whistler, and to the south by the Australian golden whistler. The only subspecies of the yellow-throated whistler where the male is yellow-throated is fuscoflava from the Tanimbar Islands. Males of other subspecies are white-throated. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Boles, W. E. (2007). Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis). pp. 421-423 in: del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie, D. eds (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN   978-84-96553-42-2
  2. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Whiteheads, sittellas, Ploughbill, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, Shriketit, whistlers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. Jønsson, K.A.; Irestedt, M.; Christidis, L.; Clegg, S.M.; Holt, B.G.; Fjeldså, J. (2014). "Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1727. PMC   3896003 .