Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)

Vogelkop Whistler (Pachycephala meyeri) - HBW 12, p. 418

French: Siffleur du Vogelkop German: Braunohr-Dickkopf Spanish: Silbador de Vogelkop
Other common names: Grey-crowned/Meyer’s Whistler

Taxonomy: Pachycephala meyeri Salvadori, 1890, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
A member of a species group that includes also P. orpheus, P. nudigula, P. soror, P. lorentzi, P. schlegelii, P. implicata, P. pectoralis, P. caledonica, P. jacquinoti, P. flavifrons, P. melanura and P. aurea. Monotypic.

Distribution: Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), possibly also Foya Mts, in W New Guinea.