Species profile
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are e Australia, Tasmania, and Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (e of Australia). Non breeding regions are partial migrant to n, c.
- Scientific name
- Pachycephala pectoralis
- Family
- Pachycephalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pachycephala
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Golden Whistler in your journal
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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)