Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)

Golden-backed Whistler (Pachycephala aurea) - HBW 12, p. 427

French: Siffleur à cape jaune German: Gelbrücken-Dickkopf Spanish: Silbador Áureo
Other common names: Golden-yellow/Yellow-backed Whistler

Taxonomy: Pachycephala aurea Reichenow, 1899, Ramu River, New Guinea.
A member of a species group that includes also P. orpheus, P. nudigula, P. meyeri, P. soror, P. lorentzi, P. schlegelii, P. implicata, P. pectoralis, P. caledonica, P. jacquinoti, P. flavifrons and P. melanura. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Guinea at scattered localities from Weyland Mts and S slopes of Snow Mts E to upper R Fly, Ok Tedi, Telefomin, R Nomad, middle R Sepik, upper R Ramu, L Kopiago, Nembi Valley, and a few localities in mountains of SE (including Garaina and Naoro).