Temotu Whistler - BirdForum Opus

Identification

17 cm (6¾ in)
Male

Female

Juvenile has more rufous head and sometimes yellow on throat

Endemic to Vanikoro, Utupua, Nendo, Reef and Duff Islands. Solomon Islands

Previously listed with scientific name P. utupuae. Formerly included in Golden Whistler, and (in part) Vanuatu Whistler and Melanesian Whistler.

Clements recognizes three subspecies^[1]:

P. v. ornata: Northern Santa Cruz Islands (Nendo, Reef Islands, and Duff Islands)
P. v. utupuae: Central Santa Cruz Islands (Utupua Island)
P. v. vanikorensis: Southern Santa Cruz Islands (Vanikoro)

Forests, including degraded forests on small islands.

Male is often solitary, female often with juvenile. Forages in all forest stories.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Christidis et al. 2018. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, version 4.1 (Downloadable checklist). Accessed from https://www.howardandmoore.org.
Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2019. IOC World Bird List (v9.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.9.2. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Boles, W., Christie, D.A. & Kirwan, G.M. (2019). Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/59355 on 6 December 2019).
Dutson, G. (2011) Birds of Melanesia, Christopher Helm, London.

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Temotu Whistler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Temotu_Whistler