Western whistler

Western whistler
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pachycephalidae
Genus:	Pachycephala
Species:	P. fuliginosa
Binomial name
	Pachycephala fuliginosa; Ramsay, 1878
Synonyms
	Pachycephala pectoralis fuliginosa (occidentalis); Pachycephala pectoralis occidentalis;

The western whistler (Pachycephala fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae found in southwest Australia. Prior to 2015, the western whistler was considered as a subspecies of the Australian golden whistler until recognized as a separate species following molecular studies that suggested a closer relationship to the mangrove golden whistler species complex.^[1]

References[]

^ "Species Updates « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.

Joseph, L., Á.S. Nyári, and M.J. Andersen. 2014. Taxonomic consequences of cryptic speciation in the Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis complex in mainland southern Australia. Zootaxa 3900: 294–300.

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[1] "Species Updates « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-02-03.

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