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Black-headed whistler

Black-headed whistler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species: P. monacha
Binomial name
Pachycephala monacha
Gray, GR, 1858
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Pachycephala rufiventris monacha

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The black-headed whistler (Pachycephala monacha) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found on the Aru Islands and New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Some authorities have considered the black-headed whistler to be a subspecies of the rufous whistler.

Two subspecies are recognized:



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