Grey whistler
The grey whistler or brown whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in northern Australia and New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.Subspecies
Eleven subspecies are recognized:
- P. s. rufipennis – Gray, GR, 1858: Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Kai Islands
- P. s. gagiensis – Stresemann & Paludan, 1932: Found on Gagi Island
- P. s. waigeuensis – Mayr, 1940: Found on Waigeo and Gebe Island
- Grey-headed whistler – Gray, GR, 1858: Originally described as a separate species. Found on western Papuan islands, Aru Islands and northwest New Guinea
- P. s. miosnomensis – Salvadori, 1879: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Meos Num
- P. s. jobiensis – Meyer, AB, 1874: Found on north-central New Guinea and Yapen Island
- P. s. perneglecta – Hartert, 1930: Found on southern New Guinea
- P. s. brunnescens – Wolters, 1980: Found on southeastern New Guinea and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago
- P. s. sudestensis – : Originally described as a separate species in the genus Eopsaltria. Found on Louisiade Archipelago
- P. s. peninsulae – Hartert, 1899: Originally described as a separate species. Found in north-eastern Australia
- P. s. simplex – Gould, 1843: Found in northern Australia and Melville Island