Pachycephala
Genus of birds
Pachycephala genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers . Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads , a literal translation of the generic name, which is derived from the Ancient Greek terms pachys "thick" + kephale "head". This lineage originated in Australo-Papua and later colonized the
Indonesian and Philippine archipelagos to the west and the Pacific archipelagos to the east.[ 1]
Taxonomy
The genus Pachycephala was introduced in 1825 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Vigors with the Australian golden whistler as the type species .[ 2] [ 3] Ancient Greek pakhus meaning "large" or "thick" and kephalē meaning "head".[ 4]
The genus contains 53 species:[ 5]
Olive whistler , Pachycephala olivacea Red-lored whistler , Pachycephala rufogularis Gilbert's whistler , Pachycephala inornata Mangrove whistler , Pachycephala cinerea Green-backed whistler , Pachycephala albiventris White-vented whistler , Pachycephala homeyeri Island whistler , Pachycephala phaionota Biak whistler , Pachycephala melanorhyncha Rusty whistler , Pachycephala hyperythra Brown-backed whistler , Pachycephala modesta Yellow-bellied whistler , Pachycephala philippinensis Sulphur-vented whistler , Pachycephala sulfuriventer Bornean whistler , Pachycephala hypoxantha Vogelkop whistler , Pachycephala meyeri Grey whistler , Pachycephala simplex Fawn-breasted whistler , Pachycephala orpheus Sclater's whistler , Pachycephala soror Rusty-breasted whistler , Pachycephala calliope (formerly P. fulvotincta )Selayar whistler , Pachycephala teysmanni (split from P. calliope )Yellow-throated whistler , Pachycephala macrorhyncha Baliem whistler , Pachycephala balim Black-chinned whistler , Pachycephala mentalis Australian golden whistler , Pachycephala pectoralis Western whistler , Pachycephala fuliginosa Bismarck whistler , Pachycephala citreogaster Oriole whistler , Pachycephala orioloides Louisiade whistler , Pachycephala collaris Rennell whistler , Pachycephala feminina Melanesian whistler , Pachycephala chlorura New Caledonian whistler , Pachycephala caledonica White-throated Fiji whistler , Pachycephala vitiensis (formerly Fiji whistler before split)Yellow-throated Fiji whistler , Pachycephala graeffii (split from P. vitiensis )Nendo whistler , Pachycephala ornata (split from P. vanikorensis )Utupua whistler , Pachycephala utupuae (split from P. vanikorensis )Vanikoro whistler , Pachycephala vanikorensis (formerly Temotu whistler before splits)Tongan whistler , Pachycephala jacquinoti Mangrove golden whistler , Pachycephala melanura Samoan whistler , Pachycephala flavifrons Hooded whistler , Pachycephala implicata Bougainville whistler , Pachycephala richardsi Bare-throated whistler , Pachycephala nudigula Lorentz's whistler , Pachycephala lorentzi Regent whistler , Pachycephala schlegelii Golden-backed whistler , Pachycephala aurea Rufous whistler , Pachycephala rufiventris Black-headed whistler , Pachycephala monacha White-bellied whistler , Pachycephala leucogastra Babar whistler , Pachycephala sharpei (split from P. macrorhyncha )Wallacean whistler , Pachycephala arctitorquis Drab whistler , Pachycephala griseonota Cinnamon-breasted whistler , Pachycephala johni White-breasted whistler , Pachycephala lanioides Morningbird , Pachycephala tenebrosa
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Pachycephala :
An unidentified Pachycephala whistler was heard on May 14, 1994 at 1,000 meters ASL south of the summit of Camiguin in the Philippines , where the genus was not previously known to occur. It might have been an undescribed taxon , or simply a vagrant of a known species.[ 8]
References
^ Jønsson, K.A. et al . (2014) Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala) . Proc. R. Soc. B .
^ Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1825). "Observations on the natural affinities that connect the orders and families of birds" . Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . 14 (3): 395–517 [444]. doi :10.1111/j.1095-8339.1823.tb00098.x .^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 ^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (August 2024). "Whiteheads, sittellas, Ploughbill, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, Shriketit, whistlers" . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 September 2024 .^ "Coracornis raveni - Avibase" . avibase.bsc-eoc.org . Retrieved 2017-01-29 .^ "Colluricincla megarhyncha fortis - Avibase" . avibase.bsc-eoc.org . Retrieved 2017-02-17 .^ Balete, Danilo S.; Tabaranza, Blas R. Jr. & Heaney, Lawrence R. (2006) An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Camiguin Island, Philippines . Fieldiana Zool. New Series106 : 58–72.
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