Yellow-throated whistler

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Yellow-throated whistler
Pachycephala macrorhyncha fuscoflava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species:
P. macrorhyncha
Binomial name
Pachycephala macrorhyncha
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Myiolestes macrorhynchus
  • Pachycephala calliope
  • Pachycephala pectoralis macrorhyncha
  • Pachycephala pectoralis macrorhynchus

The yellow-throated whistler (Pachycephala macrorhyncha) or Banda Sea whistler, is a species of

Seram and Banggai (roughly equalling the islands in or adjacent to the Banda Sea). The oriole whistler
is sometimes alternatively called the yellow-throated whistler, leading to confusion between both species.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Yellow-throated whistler was originally described in the genus Myiolestes (a synonym for

Colluricincla). The yellow-throated whistler is variably considered as either a subspecies of the Australian golden whistler or treated as a separate species, but strong published evidence in favour of either treatment is limited, and further study is warranted to resolve the complex taxonomic situation.[1]

Subspecies

The Baliem whistler, a former subspecies of the yellow-throated whistler, was re-classified as a separate species by the IOC in 2016.[2] Currently, ten subspecies are recognized:[3]

  • P. m. calliope – Bonaparte, 1850: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Wetar, Timor and Semau (eastern Lesser Sundas)
  • P. m. sharpei – Meyer, AB, 1884: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Babar Islands (eastern Lesser Sundas)
  • P. m. dammeriana –
    Damar Island
    (eastern Lesser Sundas)
  • P. m. par – Hartert, 1904: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Roma Island (eastern Lesser Sundas)
  • P. m. compar – Hartert, 1904: Found on the islands of
    Moa
    (eastern Lesser Sundas)
  • P. m. fuscoflava – Sclater, PL, 1883: Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Tanimbar Islands
  • P. m. macrorhyncha – Strickland, 1849: Found on Ambon and Seram Islands (southern Moluccas)
  • P. m. buruensis – Hartert, 1899: Found on Buru Island (southern Moluccas)
  • P. m. clio –
    Sula Islands
    (northern Moluccas)
  • P. m. pelengensis – Neumann, 1941: Found on Banggai Island (east of Sulawesi)

Description

Among the members of the golden whistler group, the yellow-throated whistler is bordered to the north by the

Leti Islands) where the plumages of the males are female-like.[1]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
  2. ^ "Species Updates « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  3. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4
    .


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