Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)

Hooded Whistler (Pachycephala implicata) - HBW 12, p. 419

French: Siffleur des Salomon German: Olivbauch-Dickkopf Spanish: Silbador de las Salomón
Other common names: Mountain/Solomon (Mountain) Whistler

Taxonomy: Pachycephala implicata E. J. O. Hartert, 1929, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
A member of a species group that includes also P. orpheus, P. nudigula, P. meyeri, P. soror, P. lorentzi, P. schlegelii, P. pectoralis, P. caledonica, P. jacquinoti, P. flavifrons, P. melanura and P. aurea. Races exhibit distinct male and female plumage differences, and possibly better treated as two separate species. Two subspecies recognized.

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