Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Olive Whistler (Pachycephala olivacea) - HBW 12, p. 412
French: Siffleur olivâtre
German: Buchendickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Oliváceo
Other common names: Olivaceous Whistler, Olive Thickhead, Native Thrush, Whipbird
Taxonomy: Pachycephala olivacea Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, no locality = probably hinterland of Parramatta and Blue Mountains, east New South Wales, Australia.
Probably closest to P. rufogularis and P. inornata, and all three sometimes combined in subgenus Timixos; has been suggested that these three species represent one of the earlier lineages in the genus. Traditionally only two races, nominate and macphersoniana, recognized; more recent proposal to separate others is based on slight differences in size, plumage and sexual dimorphism that occur as stepped breaks coincident with geographical barriers. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- macphersoniana H. L. White, 1920 - E Australia from extreme SE Queensland (Macpherson Range) S in mountains to E New South Wales (Barrington Tops).
- olivacea Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - mountains of SE New South Wales and C & NE Victoria.
- bathychroa Schodde & Mason, 1999 - S Victoria (Otway and Strzelecki Ranges).
- macphersoniana H. L. White, 1920 - E Australia from extreme SE Queensland (Macpherson Range) S in mountains to E New South Wales (Barrington Tops).
- olivacea Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - mountains of SE New South Wales and C & NE Victoria.
- bathychroa Schodde & Mason, 1999 - S Victoria (Otway and Strzelecki Ranges).
- hesperus Schodde & Mason, 1999 - coasts of extreme SE South Australia and extreme SW Victoria.
- apatetes Schodde & Mason, 1999 - islands in Bass Strait (King I, Flinders I) and Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched singing. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp olivacea)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a tree, singing. Locality Wirravilla Rain Forest, Victoria, Australia (ssp olivacea)
Josep del Hoyo 24 October 2009 3 years ago 1 min 3
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This fairly large whistler inhabitats thick forest and coastal scrub and is one of the more difficult whistler species to see du
Locality Princess Margaret Rose Cave, Lower Glenelg National Park, Victoria, Australia
Edward Smith 6 April 2012 1 year ago 4 -
adult male
Locality Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia (ssp apatetes) (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 3 November 2009 3 years ago 3.3 -
Perched
Locality Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 26 April 2008 2 years ago 2.7
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A bird singing. Locality Wirravilla Rain Forest, Victoria, Australia
(ssp olivacea)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2009 3 years ago 4
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