Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Rusty Whistler (Pachycephala hyperythra) - HBW 12, p. 413
French: Siffleur rouilleux
German: Rostbauch-Dickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Herrumbroso
Other common names: Rufous-breasted/Rusty-breasted/Brownish Whistler, Red-bellied Robin-whistler
Taxonomy: Pachycephala hyperythra Salvadori, 1876, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Possibly close to P. olivacea, P. rufogularis and P. inornata. Racial identity of population in EC New Guinea (headwaters of R Fly) uncertain; possibly an E extension of nominate, with which tentatively included. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hyperythra Salvadori, 1876 - mountains of NW & W New Guinea (Vogelkop, Onin Peninsula, Wandammen Mts, Weyland Mts); also EC New Guinea (headwaters of R Fly, including upper R Palmer and Ok Tedi areas).
- sepikiana Stresemann, 1921 - Sepik Mts, mountains S of R Mamberano and North Coastal Range, in N New Guinea.
- reichenowi Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1911 - Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts), in NE New Guinea.
- salvadorii Rothschild, 1897 - mountains of SE New Guinea (E from L Kutubu and Mt Bosavi).
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A bird in midstory Locality Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
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