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New Caledonian whistler

New Caledonian whistler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species: P. caledonica
Binomial name
Pachycephala caledonica
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Muscicapa caledonica
  • Pachycephala pectoralis caledonica

The New Caledonian whistler (Pachycephala caledonica) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.

The New Caledonian whistler was originally classified in the genus Muscicapa. It has also been treated as a subspecies of the golden whistler. Until 2014, it was considered conspecific with the Melanesian whistler.



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