Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

WoodlandCup nestSmall · 21 g

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 1 — Photo: Tim · CC BY 4.0

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 2 — Photo: Tim · CC BY 4.0

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 4 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Subir B. Shakya, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Brodie Cass Talbott, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 9 — Photo: (c) ecovore, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala cinerea), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Mangrove Whistler sounds like

Sonogram of the Mangrove Whistler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Untung Sarmawi · Song · Teluk Terima, Gerokgak, Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia · CC0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Mangrove Whistler

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mangrove Whistler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Thailand Malaysia Indonesia Singapore Philippines Vietnam Cambodia Bangladesh Brunei

Recorded as a rare visitor in Myanmar (Burma).

About the Mangrove Whistler

The mangrove whistler is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae found in South-east Asia.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Bornean WhistlerPachycephala hypoxanthaThe Bornean whistler or Bornean mountain whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae.

Mangrove Golden WhistlerPachycephala melanuraThe mangrove golden whistler or black-tailed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae.

Yellow-bellied WhistlerPachycephala philippinensisThe yellow-bellied whistler, or Philippine whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae that is endemic to the Philippines.

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