Gilbert's Whistler
Female, Red Eye
Ellura
Gilbert's Whistler
Male, Profile
 
                      
Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Whistler (Pachycephalidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata)
This Photo:     Female, Back

Thank you Ralph Foster, Jo Jo Swann, Tony and Jenny Dominelli, George Seagull & Brendan Duggan for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
They throw their voices, so hard to find. Beautiful, loud song.
Apricot chin & rump. Has a blue-grey / steel-grey head, with a brown / grey back.
Similar to Grey Shrike-thrush from behind.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Aug-2013
This species is classed as VU (Vulnerable) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)
This species is protected and classed as RA (Rare) under the National Parks & Wildlife, SA, Protection Act