![]() | South Australian Golden Whistler Male, back | South Australian Golden Whistler Male, hunting | ![]() | |||
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Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||||||||||||||||
Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | |||||||||||||||||
Family: | Whistler (Pachycephalidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||||
Species: | South Australian Golden Whistler (Pachycephala (Pachycephala) pectoralis ssp fuliginosa)This Photo: | Male, ventral | Synonyms: | Pachycephala fuliginosa ssp fuliginosa, Pachycephala pectoralis ssp fuliginosa | Other name: | South Australian Western Whistler | Thank you Geoffrey Cox for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere A small whistler, with an olive back. The male has a black head that contrasts starkly with the golden yellow under and neck ring. White chin and black throat bar. The female has drab brown tones by comparison.
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