Green-backed whistler

Green-backed whistler
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pachycephalidae
Genus:	Pachycephala
Species:	P. albiventris
Binomial name
	Pachycephala albiventris; (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)
Subspecies
	see text
Synonyms
	Hyloterpe albiventris; Pachycephala grisola albiventris;

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 subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, some authorities considered the green-backed whistler to be a subspecies of the mangrove whistler.

Subspecies

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

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^ "Whiteheads, sitellas & whistlers « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.

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[2] "Whiteheads, sitellas & whistlers « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.

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