Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) - HBW 12, p. 428
French: Siffleur itchong
German: Schlichtmantel-Dickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Rufo
Other common names: Rufous-breasted Whistler, Pale-breasted/Rufous-breasted/Northern Thickhead
Taxonomy: Sylvia rufiventris Latham, 1801, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with P. griseonota, P. leucogastra, P. monacha and P. arctitorquis; some or all of these sometimes treated as races of present species. Nominate race, falcata and pallida broadly intergrade where they meet in Australia; described races colletti (from Kimberley E in interior Northern Territory to Gulf of Carpentaria) and dulcior (N Queensland) considered intermediates, included under, respectively, falcata and pallida. Also, paler birds in C Australia sometimes separated as race maudeae, but pale c.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Sylvia rufiventris Latham, 1801, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with P. griseonota, P. leucogastra, P. monacha and P. arctitorquis; some or all of these sometimes treated as races of present species. Nominate race, falcata and pallida broadly intergrade where they meet in Australia; described races colletti (from Kimberley E in interior Northern Territory to Gulf of Carpentaria) and dulcior (N Queensland) considered intermediates, included under, respectively, falcata and pallida. Also, paler birds in C Australia sometimes separated as race maudeae, but pale coloration probably linked to hot climate and arid habitat in which they live; included with nominate. Five subspecies recognized.
Forms a superspecies with P. griseonota, P. leucogastra, P. monacha and P. arctitorquis; some or all of these sometimes treated as races of present species. Nominate race, falcata and pallida broadly intergrade where they meet in Australia; described races colletti (from Kimberley E in interior Northern Territory to Gulf of Carpentaria) and dulcior (N Queensland) considered intermediates, included under, respectively, falcata and pallida. Also, paler birds in C Australia sometimes separated as race maudeae, but pale coloration probably linked to hot climate and arid habitat in which they live; included with nominate. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- minor Zietz, 1914 - Bathurst I and Melville I, off Northern Territory (N Australia).
- falcata Gould, 1843 - NW Western Australia (Kimberley area) and N third of Northern Territory.
- pallida E. P. Ramsay, 1878 - NE Australia (Cape York Peninsula and NW Queensland).
- minor Zietz, 1914 - Bathurst I and Melville I, off Northern Territory (N Australia).
- falcata Gould, 1843 - NW Western Australia (Kimberley area) and N third of Northern Territory.
- pallida E. P. Ramsay, 1878 - NE Australia (Cape York Peninsula and NW Queensland).
- rufiventris (Latham, 1801) - S four-fifths of mainland Australia.
- xanthetraea (J. R. Forster, 1844) - New Caledonia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing on a branch Locality Rush Creek, Queensland, Australia (ssp rufiventris)
Tom Tarrant 31 August 1998 7 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a female perched. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (ssp rufiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
A female perched in a bush, preening, turning around and flying away. Locality Parc des Grandes Fougères, South Province, New Caledonia (ssp xanthetraea)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
A male moving in bushes, looking around (then at 35% speed). Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, South Province, New Caledonia (ssp xanthetraea)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
A male singing perched in a branch Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp rufiventris)
Tom Tarrant 30 September 1994 8 years ago 27 sec 4.1 -
A female in a small tree, looking around and flying away (then at 25% speed). Locality Parc des Grandes Fougères, South Province, New Caledonia (ssp xanthetraea)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 4
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Rufous Whistler - back from their winter retreat
Locality Campbell Park, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp rufiventris )
Robin Eckermann 16 October 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
Rufous Whistler - a very tuneful species
Locality Campbell Park, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Robin Eckermann 16 October 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Male Rufous Whistler on tree
Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 August 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Female rufous whistler
Locality Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp rufiventris)
Margaret Leggoe 16 March 2011 40 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male Rufous Whistler in tree
Locality Gold Creek Reservoir, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 August 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
This female was foraging in the garden.
Locality Lesmurdie, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 21 May 2013 6 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 4
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Several calls of a male. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
(ssp rufiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 4.8 -
A bird singing. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
(ssp rufiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
A male singing and calling. Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp rufiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 2 years ago 4
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