Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) - HBW 12, p. 428
French: Siffleur à ventre blanc
German: Weißbauch-Dickkopf
Spanish: Silbador Ventriblanco
Other common names: Rossel Island Whistler (meeki)
Taxonomy: Pachycephala leucogastra Salvadori and D’Albertis, 1875, Mount Epa, south-east New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with P. griseonota, P. rufiventris, P. monacha and P. arctitorquis. Sometimes regarded as conspecific with one more of these; hybridizes with P. monacha on Sogeri Plateau and in R Angabunga area (from Bereina to Mafulu). In NE New Guinea, whistlers with white belly and white throat, apparently of this species, reported from Wewak and Lumi, foothills of C North Coastal Range and East Sepik Province, but racial affiliation of these not known; further study required. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucogastra Salvadori & D’Albertis, 1875 - coastal SE New Guinea from Hall Sound SE to Port Moresby.
- meeki E. J. O. Hartert, 1898 - Louisiade Archipelago (Rossel I), off SE New Guinea.
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A distant view of an adult.
Locality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Ken Havard 8 April 2007 35 weeks ago 2.4
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Bird calling from high in a eucalypt tree late in the afternoon. Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 3 September 2008 3 years ago 4
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