Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope) | Photos and ID

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Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Legawa, Everest C., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Legawa, Everest C., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 6 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Legawa, Everest C., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tenggara Whistler (Pachycephala calliope), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Jason Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

Compared to other members of the golden whistler group, the Tenggara whistler is relatively small, and males have a white throat and a rust-tinged chest, except in the subspecies teysmanni from Selayar Islands where the plumage of the male is female-like.

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About the Tenggara Whistler

The Tenggara whistler, also known as the fulvous-tinted whistler and the rusty-breasted whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it ranges from Java east to Alor and north to the Selayar Islands.

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Easily confused with

Biak WhistlerPachycephala melanorhynchaThe Biak whistler is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. Utupua WhistlerPachycephala utupuaeThe Utupua whistler is a passerine bird in the family Pachycephalidae that is endemic to the island of Utupua in the Santa Cruz Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Nendo WhistlerPachycephala ornataThe Nendo whistler is a passerine bird in the family Pachycephalidae.

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