Yellow-throated whistler
| Yellow-throated whistler | |
|---|---|
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| Pachycephala macrorhyncha fuscoflava | |
| Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Pachycephala |
| Species: | P. macrorhyncha |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachycephala macrorhyncha Strickland, 1849 | |
| Subspecies | |
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The yellow-throated whistler (Pachycephala macrorhyncha), also known as the Banda Sea whistler, is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family. The oriole whistler is sometimes alternatively called the yellow-throated whistler, leading to confusion between both species. 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). It is variably considered a subspecies of a widespread 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]
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, except par (Romang Island) and compar (Leti Islands) where the plumages of the males are female-like.[1]
Subspecies
Ten subspecies are recognized:[2]
- P. m. calliope – Bonaparte, 1850: found on Wetar, Timor and Semau (eastern Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. sharpei – Meyer, AB, 1884: found on Babar Islands (eastern Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. dammeriana – Hartert, 1900: found on Damar Island (eastern Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. par – Hartert, 1904: found on Roma Island (eastern Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. compar – Hartert, 1904: found on the islands of Leti and Moa (eastern Lesser Sundas)
- P. m. fuscoflava – Sclater, PL, 1883: found on the Tanimbar Islands
- P. m. macrorhyncha – Strickland, 1849: found on Ambon and Seram Islands (southern Moluccas)
- P. m. buruensis – Hartert, 1899: found on Buru Island (southern Moluccas)
- P. m. clio – Wallace, 1863: found on Sula Islands (northern Moluccas)
- P. m. pelengensis – Neumann, 1941: found on Banggai Island (east of Sulawesi)
The Baliem whistler, a former subspecies of the yellow-throated whistler, was reclassified as a separate species by the IOC in 2016.[3]
References
- 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
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
- ↑ "Species Updates « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-10-24.