Mangrove golden whistler
| Mangrove golden whistler | |
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| Female Pachycephala melanura robusta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Pachycephala |
| Species: | P. melanura |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachycephala melanura Gould, 1843 | |
| Subspecies | |
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The mangrove golden whistler or black-tailed whistler (Pachycephala melanura) is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family. It is found in mangrove forests and adjacent wet forests of Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:[2]
- P. m. dahli - Reichenow, 1897: Found in the Bismarck Archipelago and south-eastern New Guinea
- P. m. spinicaudus - Mathews, 1912: Found in southern New Guinea and islands in the Torres Strait
- P. m. violetae - (Pucheran, 1853): Found in northern Australia
- P. m. melanura - Gould, 1843: Found in north-western Australia
- P. m. robusta - Masters, 1876: Found in northern Australia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pachycephala melanura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
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