White-throated Fiji whistler

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The white-throated Fiji whistler (Pachycephala vitiensis) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, endemic to islands in southern Fiji. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the yellow-throated Fiji whistler (Pachycephala graeffii). Before the split the combined species were known as the "Fiji whistler".

White-throated Fiji whistler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species:
P. vitiensis
Binomial name
Pachycephala vitiensis
Gray, GR, 1860
Synonyms
  • Pachycephala graeffii
  • Pachycephala pectoralis vitiensis

Taxonomy and systematics

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It was variably considered a subspecies of a widespread golden whistler (P. pectoralis).[2][3] Three of the subspecies of the former white-throated whistler (P. v. kandavensis, lauana, and vitiensis) were lumped with the Fiji whistler in 2014 by the IOC.[4] The Temotu whistler was formerly considered conspecific with the Fiji whistler.

Three subspecies are recognised:[5]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pachycephala vitiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103693448A104274221. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103693448A104274221.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Boles, W. E. (2007). Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis). pp. 421–423 in: del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie, D. eds (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
  3. ^ IOC World Bird List, version 1.7
  4. ^ "IOC World Bird List 4.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.4.4.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Whiteheads, sittellas, Ploughbill, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, Shriketit, whistlers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 September 2024.