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[[Image:DrabWhistlerMH3.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Mark+Harper|Mark Harper}}<br />Bingara, Halmahera, [[Moluccas]], September 2016]]
 
[[Image:DrabWhistlerMH3.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Mark+Harper|Mark Harper}}<br />Bingara, Halmahera, [[Moluccas]], September 2016]]
 
;[[:Category:Pachycephala|Pachycephala]] griseonota
 
;[[:Category:Pachycephala|Pachycephala]] griseonota
'''Includes: Cinnamon-breasted Whistler'''
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'''Includes: Cinnamon-breasted Whistler''' or '''Obi Whistler'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
14 - 15.5cm (5½-6 in).<br />
 
14 - 15.5cm (5½-6 in).<br />
 
Nominate subspecies:
 
Nominate subspecies:
* Sooty grey crown, forehead and side of head
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* crown, forehead and side of head sooty grey
* Greyish-brown upperparts
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* upperparts greyish-brown
* Dusky grey-brown upperwing and tail
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* upperwing and tail dusky grey-brown  
* Off-white chin and throat
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* chin and throat off-white
* Greyish-ochre breast
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* breast greyish-ochre
* Rusty ochre belly
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* belly rusty ochre
* Black bill
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* bill black
 
Females are similar but more uniformely coloured. Immature similar to female.
 
Females are similar but more uniformely coloured. Immature similar to female.
* ''Kuehni'' is similar to nominate but has a tinged grey throat a duller grey-brown breast and a paler buffy ochre belly
 
* ''Lineolata'' is similar to ''kuehni'' but the back is greyer, the breast grey and the belly white
 
* ''Cinerascens'' has a browner back than ''lineolata'', a darker breas and a white belly with a slight tinge of ochre
 
* ''Johni'' has olive-brown upperparts and uniform rusty cinnamon underparts
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Found on several islands of the Moluccas, [[Indonesia]].<br />
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Found on several islands of the Moluccas, [[Indonesia]].
 
Common on some, uncommon on other islands.
 
Common on some, uncommon on other islands.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Subspecies ''johni'' is sometimes treated as full species, "Cinnamon-breasted Whistler" or "Obi Whistler" (''P. johni'').
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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Clements recognises the following subspecies [[#References|[1]]]:
* ''P. g. cinerascens'' on Tidore, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai
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* ''P. g. cinerascens'': Tidore, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai. [has a browner back than ''lineolata'', a darker breast and a white belly with a slight tinge of ochre]
* ''P. g. lineolata'' on Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho and Sulabesi)
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* ''P. g. lineolata'': Banggai Islands (Peleng) and Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho and Sanana). [similar to ''kuehni'' but the back is greyer, the breast grey and the belly white]
* ''P. g. johni'' on Obi
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* ''P. g. johni'': "'''Cinnamon-breasted Whistler'''" or "'''Obi Whistler'''". Obi. [olive-brown upperparts and uniform rusty cinnamon underparts]
* ''P. g. examinata'' on Buru
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* ''P. g. examinata'': Buru. [Upperparts dark grey, throat white, under parts pale buff]
* ''P. g. griseonota'' on Seram
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* ''P. g. griseonota'': Seram
* ''P. g. kuehni'' on Kai Islands (Kai Besar, Tual, Kai Kecil)
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* ''P. g. kuehni'' on Kai Islands (Kai Besar, Tual, Kai Kecil). [similar to ''griseonota'' but has a tinged grey throat a duller grey-brown breast and a paler buffy ochre belly]
''Johni'' is sometimes treated as full species, '''Cinnamon-breasted Whistler'''.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lowland moist forests. Avoids mangroves. Occurs on some islands only in lowlands, on others like Seram up to 1100m.
 
Lowland moist forests. Avoids mangroves. Occurs on some islands only in lowlands, on others like Seram up to 1100m.
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Resident species.
 
Resident species.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Pachycephala+griseonota}}
 
{{GSearch|Pachycephala+griseonota}}
*[http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bird_ID=2394 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pachycephala]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pachycephala]]

Latest revision as of 10:43, 16 September 2023

Photo by Mark Harper
Bingara, Halmahera, Moluccas, September 2016
Pachycephala griseonota

Includes: Cinnamon-breasted Whistler or Obi Whistler

Identification

14 - 15.5cm (5½-6 in).
Nominate subspecies:

  • crown, forehead and side of head sooty grey
  • upperparts greyish-brown
  • upperwing and tail dusky grey-brown
  • chin and throat off-white
  • breast greyish-ochre
  • belly rusty ochre
  • bill black

Females are similar but more uniformely coloured. Immature similar to female.

Distribution

Found on several islands of the Moluccas, Indonesia. Common on some, uncommon on other islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies johni is sometimes treated as full species, "Cinnamon-breasted Whistler" or "Obi Whistler" (P. johni).

Subspecies

Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:

  • P. g. cinerascens: Tidore, Ternate, Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai. [has a browner back than lineolata, a darker breast and a white belly with a slight tinge of ochre]
  • P. g. lineolata: Banggai Islands (Peleng) and Sula Islands (Taliabu, Seho and Sanana). [similar to kuehni but the back is greyer, the breast grey and the belly white]
  • P. g. johni: "Cinnamon-breasted Whistler" or "Obi Whistler". Obi. [olive-brown upperparts and uniform rusty cinnamon underparts]
  • P. g. examinata: Buru. [Upperparts dark grey, throat white, under parts pale buff]
  • P. g. griseonota: Seram
  • P. g. kuehni on Kai Islands (Kai Besar, Tual, Kai Kecil). [similar to griseonota but has a tinged grey throat a duller grey-brown breast and a paler buffy ochre belly]

Habitat

Lowland moist forests. Avoids mangroves. Occurs on some islands only in lowlands, on others like Seram up to 1100m.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on insects. Sometimes in mixed-species flocks.

Breeding

Juveniles recorded in September. No other information about breeding.
Resident species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422

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