Sclater's whistler

Sclater's whistler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species: P. soror
Binomial name
Pachycephala soror
Sclater, 1874

The Sclater's whistler (Pachycephala soror) is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pachycephala soror". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304.


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