Green-backed whistler
Appearance
Green-backed whistler | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pachycephalidae |
Genus: | Pachycephala |
Species: | P. albiventris
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Binomial name | |
Pachycephala albiventris (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)
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The green-backed whistler (Pachycephala albiventris) or olive-backed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forest and tropical moist montane forest.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]Formerly, some authorities considered the green-backed whistler to be a subspecies of the mangrove whistler.
Subspecies
[edit]Three subspecies are recognized:[2]
- P. a. albiventris – (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894): Found on northern Luzon (Philippines)
- P. a. crissalis – (Zimmer, JT, 1918): Originally described as a separate species. Found on central and southern Luzon (Philippines)
- P. a. mindorensis – (Bourns & Worcester, 1894): Originally described as a separate species. Found on Mindoro (Philippines)
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pachycephala albiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22705443A130399514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22705443A130399514.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Whiteheads, sitellas & whistlers « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.