Louisiade whistler

Species of bird

Louisiade whistler

Male illustration by William Matthew Hart
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Pachycephalidae
Genus:  | Pachycephala
Species:  |

P. collaris

Binomial name
Pachycephala collaris

Ramsay, 1878

Subspecies

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The Louisiade whistler (Pachycephala collaris) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to the Louisiade Archipelago south-east of New Guinea. It was split from the Bismarck whistler by the IOC in 2015.[1]

## Taxonomy and systematics

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It has been variably considered a subspecies of a widespread golden whistler (P. pectoralis) or treated as a separate species, but strong published evidence in favour of either treatment is limited, and further study is warranted to resolve the complex taxonomic situation.[2]

### Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized:[3]

* P. c. collaris \- Ramsay, 1878: Found in the Louisiade Archipelago except Rossel Island
* P. c. rosseliana \- Hartert, 1898: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Rossel Island (Louisiade Archipelago)

## References

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1. ^ "IOC World Bird List 5.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.5.1.
2. ^ Boles, W. E. (2007). Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis). pp. 421-423 in: del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie, D. eds (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
3. ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.3". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3.

Taxon identifiers

Pachycephala collaris|

* Wikidata: Q22004064
* Wikispecies: Pachycephala collaris
* Avibase: 2BE3319F1D473E7C
* BOW: louwhi1
* eBird: louwhi1
* GBIF: 7702374
* iNaturalist: 367645
* NCBI: 2888483
* Open Tree of Life: 6152440
* Xeno-canto: Pachycephala-collaris

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