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Fawn-breasted whistler

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Fawn-breasted whistler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species:
P. orpheus
Binomial name
Pachycephala orpheus
Jardine, 1849

The fawn-breasted whistler (Pachycephala orpheus) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found on the islands of Timor and Wetar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Alternate names for the fawn-breasted whistler include the Sunda whistler and Timor whistler. The former name is shared with the bare-throated whistler.

Three subspecies are recognised:[2]

The subspecies P. o. par and P. o. compar were formerly considered as subspecies of the yellow-throated whistler (Pachycephala macrorhyncha). They were reassigned to the fawn-breasted whistler based on the results of phylogenetic analyses.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pachycephala orpheus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22705486A94020612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22705486A94020612.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Whiteheads, sittellas, Ploughbill, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, Shriketit, whistlers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 September 2024.