| Mangrove golden whistler | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Female Pachycephala melanura robusta | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Passeriformes | 
| Family: | Pachycephalidae | 
| Genus: | Pachycephala | 
| Species: | P. melanura | 
| Binomial name | |
| Pachycephala melanura Gould, 1843 | |
| Subspecies | |
| See text | |
The mangrove golden whistler (Pachycephala melanura) or black-tailed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in mangrove forests and adjacent wet forests of Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:[2]
- Pachycephala melanura dahli - Reichenow, 1897: Found in the Bismarck Archipelago and south-eastern New Guinea
- Robust whistler (P. m. spinicaudus) - Mathews, 1912: Originally described as a separate species in the genus Pteruthius. 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: This subspecies is also called "robust whistler". Found in northern Australia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Pachycephala melanura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22705499A118692797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705499A118692797.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.
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