Species profile
Sclater's Whistler
Pachycephala soror
Quick answer
Modestly common above 1,570 m, from the understorey to the canopy. Sings mainly at dawn. ȱ Allȱ songsȱ areȱ aȱ simpleȱ patternȱ ofȱ aȱ half-dozenȱ whistledȱ notesȱ andȱ slurs, ȱ butȱ eachȱ renditionȱ differsȱ fromȱ theȱ previousȱ one. ȱ Despiteȱ theȱ absenceȱ inȱ theȱAdelbertsȱ ofȱ itsȱ usualȱ hill-forest congener Rusty Whistler P. hyperythra, the Adelbert population of P. soror does not expand its elevational range downslope.
- Scientific name
- Pachycephala soror
- Family
- Pachycephalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pachycephala
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Pachycephalidae
- Baliem Whistler (Pachycephala balim)
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- 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)