Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Rufous-naped Whistler (Aleadryas rufinucha) - HBW 12, p. 410
French: Siffleur à nuque rousse
German: Rotnacken-Dickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Nuquirrufo
Other common names: Red-naped Whistler
Taxonomy: Pachycephala rufinucha P. L. Sclater, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, New Guinea.
Often placed in genus Pachycephala. Proposed race prasinonota (from Herzog Mts) regarded as inseparable from gamblei. Birds in Torricelli Mts and Adelbert Mts of uncertain racial affiliation, provisionally included in niveifrons. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufinucha (P. L. Sclater, 1874) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- niveifrons (E. J. O. Hartert, 1930) - mountains of W, C & N New Guinea (Wandammen, Weyland, and Nassau E to Kubor and Bismarck Ranges, also Torricelli Mts and Adelbert Mts).
- lochmia (Mayr, 1931) - Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts), in NE New Guinea.
- gamblei (Rothschild, 1897) - Herzog Mts and mountains of SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird fliting around in a small tree Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp niveifrons)
mark sutton 12 August 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird feeding in short grass. Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp niveifrons)
Keith Blomerley 18 August 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
An immature moving around in a tree and then calling. Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp niveifrons)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2008 4 years ago 28 sec 3.5 -
An immature moving around in short grass Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp niveifrons)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2008 4 years ago 20 sec 2.5
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A perched bird.
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp rufinucha)
mehdhalaouate 9 January 2005 3 years ago 3.7
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4 hizzing notes Locality Tari Gap, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp gamblei)
Niels Poul Dreyer 15 July 1990 3 years ago 4
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