Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Green-backed Whistler (Pachycephala albiventris) - HBW 12, p. 415
French: Siffleur à dos vert
German: Olivrücken-Dickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Dorsiverde
Other common names: Island Robin-whistler
Taxonomy: Hyloterpe albiventris Ogilvie-Grant, 1894, the mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines.
Forms a superspecies with P. cinerea, P. homeyeri and P. phaionota; often treated as conspecific with first two, but differs in plumage. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albiventris (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) - N Luzon (Cordillera Mts, Sierra Madre), in N Philippine Islands.
- crissalis (J. T. Zimmer, 1918) - C & S Luzon (Zambales Mts, Mt Banahao, Mt Isarog, Mt Mayon).
- mindorensis (Bourns & Worcester, 1894) - Mindoro.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in roadside vegetation, in slow motion, and flying off Locality Mount Polis, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines (ssp albiventris)
Martin Kennewell 20 February 2004 4 years ago 10 sec 2.7 -
Two shots of a bird in a tree. Locality Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 3 years ago 24 sec 2.3
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bird in hand
Locality Dalton Pass, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 October 2009 2 years ago 3
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Bird singing in tree Locality Sagada, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 March 2007 2 years ago 2.5
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