Species profile
Golden-backed Whistler
Pachycephala aurea
Quick answer
Locally from Weyland and Snow Mountains to se New Guinea
- Scientific name
- Pachycephala aurea
- Family
- Pachycephalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pachycephala
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Pachycephalidae
- Baliem Whistler (Pachycephala balim)
- Banda Sea Whistler (Pachycephala par)
- Bare-throated Whistler (Pachycephala nudigula)
- Bismarck Whistler (Pachycephala citreogaster)
- Black Pitohui (Melanorectes nigrescens)
- Black-chinned Whistler (Pachycephala mentalis)
- Black-headed Whistler (Pachycephala monacha)
- Black-tailed Whistler (Pachycephala melanura)