Selayar Whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebrates

ForestSmall · 30 g

Selayar Whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Forest Botial-Jarvis · cc-by

Selayar Whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni), photo 2 — Photo: James Eaton · CC0

Selayar Whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni), photo 3 — Photo: James Eaton · CC0

Selayar Whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni), photo 4 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Selayar Whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Selayar Whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

ID tip

Adult Selayar whistlers are around 16–17 cm (6.3–6.7 in) in length. Adult males have grey heads from the crown down to the lores, ear-coverts, and nape (back of the neck), with white throats. The upperparts are olive-green, with a yellower tint on the rump, while the tail and wing feathers are brownish-olive with dark olive-green margins. The underparts are pinkish, with a yellowish hue to the belly. The iris is dark brown, the beak is black, and the legs are greyish-brown. Adult females are similar, but have dark ochre lores and rufous ear-coverts.

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When to see the Selayar Whistler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Selayar Whistler

Regular range

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Indonesia

About the Selayar Whistler

The Selayar whistler is a species of songbird in the family Pachycephalidae. Described by the Swiss zoologist Johann Büttikofer in 1878, it is endemic to the Indonesian island of Selayar, off the southwestern coast of Sulawesi. After its initial description, it was long considered a subspecies of the golden whistler and later the rusty-breasted whistler, before being raised to species status again in 2016. Selayar whistlers are around 16–17 cm (6.3–6.7 in) in length. Adult males have grey heads, white throats, olive-green upperparts, pinkish underparts, and brownish-olive tail and wing feathers.

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Easily confused with

Golden-backed WhistlerPachycephala aureaThe golden-backed whistler or yellow-backed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. Hooded WhistlerPachycephala implicataThe hooded whistler or Guadalcanal hooded whistler is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. Vanikoro WhistlerPachycephala vanikorensisThe Vanikoro whistler is a passerine bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to the southeast Santa Cruz Islands of the Solomon Islands group.

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