Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror) - HBW 12, p. 418
French: Siffleur de Sclater
German: Grünnacken-Dickkopf
Spanish: Silbador de Sclater
Other common names: Hill Golden Whistler
Taxonomy: Pachycephala soror P. L. Sclater, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
A member of a species group that includes also P. orpheus, P. nudigula, P. meyeri, P. lorentzi, P. schlegelii, P. implicata, P. pectoralis, P. caledonica, P. jacquinoti, P. flavifrons, P. melanura and P. aurea. Races klossi and bartoni intergrade in Huon Peninsula and Central Highlands. Population in Fakfak Mts, included within octogenarii, almost certainly represents a further, as yet undescribed race, but no specimens available. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- soror P. L. Sclater, 1874 - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- octogenarii Diamond, 1985 - Bomberai Peninsula (Fakfak Mts, Kumawa Mts), in W New Guinea.
- klossi Ogilvie-Grant, 1915 - mountain ranges of C New Guinea from Weyland Mts E to Bismarck Range and Kubor Mts, also Adelbert Mts and Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts).
- soror P. L. Sclater, 1874 - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- octogenarii Diamond, 1985 - Bomberai Peninsula (Fakfak Mts, Kumawa Mts), in W New Guinea.
- klossi Ogilvie-Grant, 1915 - mountain ranges of C New Guinea from Weyland Mts E to Bismarck Range and Kubor Mts, also Adelbert Mts and Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts).
- bartoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1915 - mountains of SE New Guinea, including Herzog Mts.
- remota Mayr & Van Deusen, 1956 - mountains of Goodenough I, in D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off SE New Guinea).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird.
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp soror)
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