Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata) - HBW 12, p. 412
French: Siffleur de Gilbert
German: Schwarzzügel-Dickkopf
Spanish: Silbador de Gilbert
Other common names: Black-lored/Red-throated Whistler, Red-throated Thickhead
Taxonomy: Pachycephala inornata Gould, 1841, “belts of the Murray”, South Australia, Australia.
Probably closest to P. olivacea and P. rufogularis, and all three sometimes combined in subgenus Timixos; has been suggested that these three species represent one of the earlier lineages in the genus. Plumage varies clinally, lower underparts rich ochraceous buff in W and becoming colder and greyish-white towards E, but individual variation also evident; birds from lightly timbered and mallee areas of SW Australia (E at least to Nullarbor Plain) described as a geographical race, gilberti, but considered to represent part of cline. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mallee tracts of SW Western Australia (except corner) E to NW & N Victoria and C New South Wales.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched and singing in a eucalypt tree. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
A male singing in a tree. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 34 sec 4 -
A male calling in a bush Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 1 August 2003 6 years ago 1 min 40 sec 3.3 -
A female moving in the vegetation. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 24 sec 3 -
A bird eating an insect and moving in an eucalypt tree. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 36 sec 3
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Female perched in a tree
Locality Terrick Terrick National Park, Victoria, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 10 May 2011 38 weeks ago 3 -
A bird coming to a water drip.
Locality Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 25 October 2008 48 weeks ago 3 -
A male singing in a tree.
Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 2.6 -
male bird hiding in dense scrub
Locality Terrick Terrick National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Mat Gilfedder 16 January 2009 2 years ago 2
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Singing male Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 1 August 2003 1 year ago 4.5 -
A male singing in a tree. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 4
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