Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Drab Whistler (Pachycephala griseonota) - HBW 12, p. 427
French: Siffleur terne
German: Molukkendickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Cenizo
Taxonomy: Pachycephala griseonota G. R. Gray, 1862, Seram, Moluccas.
Forms a superspecies with P. rufiventris, P. leucogastra, P. monacha and P. arctitorquis. Sometimes treated as a race of P. rufiventris. Race johni occasionally regarded as a separate species. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cinerascens Salvadori, 1878 - Morotai, Halmahera, Bacan, Ternate and Tidore.
- lineolata Wallace, 1863 - Sula Is (Seho, Taliabu, Sulabesi).
- johni E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - Obi.
- cinerascens Salvadori, 1878 - Morotai, Halmahera, Bacan, Ternate and Tidore.
- lineolata Wallace, 1863 - Sula Is (Seho, Taliabu, Sulabesi).
- johni E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - Obi.
- examinata E. J. O. Hartert, 1898 - Buru.
- griseonota G. R. Gray, 1862 - Seram.
- kuehni E. J. O. Hartert, 1898 - Kai Is (Kai Kecil, Tual, Kai Besar).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird high up in a tree then flying away. Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp cinerascens)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2011 21 weeks ago 17 sec 2.3 -
two brief views Locality Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp cinerascens)
Martin Kennewell 6 September 2004 1 year ago 11 sec 2
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A singing bird in roadside forest, bout 12 km. east of Sidangoli.
Locality Sidangoli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp cinerascens)
David Beadle 17 October 2011 7 weeks ago 2.8
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