Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) - HBW 12, p. 409
French: Falconelle à casque
German: Meisendickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Cabezón
Other common names: Crested/White-bellied/Yellow-breasted/Frontal/Australian Shrike-tit, Bark Tit, Crested Tit, Falcon-shrike; Eastern Shrike-tit (frontatus); Western Shrike-tit (leucogaster); Northern/White’s Shrike-tit (whitei)
Taxonomy: L[anius] frontatus Latham, 1801, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Has in the past been placed together with Oreoica gutturalis in a family Falcunculidae, often including also the whipbirds and wedgebills (Psophodes) from the family Eupetidae; the main basis for this is apparently the fact that all have crests, but no other evidence for such an association. A more recent proposal treats Falcunculidae as including only present genus and Eulacestoma. Races sometimes treated as three distinct species, an arrangement warranting further examination. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- whitei A. J. Campbell, 1910 - N Western Australia and N Northern Territory.
- leucogaster Gould, 1838 - SW Western Australia.
- frontatus (Latham, 1801) - E & SE Australia (S from NE Queensland and E from SE South Australia).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male foraging. Locality Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 9 December 2011 1 year ago 33 sec 4.8 -
Juvenile calling (watch for throat movement to detect the quiet call) and being fed by the male. Locality Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Stephen Wallace 8 December 2011 1 year ago 58 sec 4.6 -
A bird in a tree, preening Locality Wonga Wetlands, Albury, New South Wales, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Matt Weeks 28 October 2005 6 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
Female foraging. Locality Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Stephen Wallace 2 November 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A male sitting on a twig and calling then hopping away Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Nick Talbot 23 March 2007 5 years ago 10 sec 4.2 -
A bird stripping bark from a twig Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Peter Nash 28 October 2006 6 years ago 57 sec 4.1
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Perched in a tree
Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Lindsay Hansch 4 August 2007 2 years ago 4.3 -
Male
Locality Stirling Range Retreat, Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia, Australia (ssp leucogaster)
Clive Nealon 24 September 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
An adult bird feeding in undergrowth.
Locality Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Nick Talbot 24 December 2012 19 weeks ago 3.3 -
This photo is of the Northern Shrike Tit Falcunculus whitei that has recently been split from the nominate F frontatus and assig
Locality Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp whitei)
Edward Smith 1 November 2012 28 weeks ago 3.2 -
Close-up of a male perched on a plant stem.
Locality Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Nick Talbot 23 December 2012 7 weeks ago 3 -
A male perched in a tree.
Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (ssp frontatus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 2 years ago 2.2
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A male calling. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp frontatus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 2 years ago 4.7
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