Whistlers and Allies
Pachycephalidae
The Pachycephalidae are a family of bird species that includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and three of the pitohuis, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia. Australia and New Guinea are the centre of their diversity and, in the case of the whistlers, the South Pacific islands as far as Tonga and Samoa and parts of Asia as far as...
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 61 known species
Typical Whistlers
genusPachycephala
Shrikethrushes
genusColluricincla
Rusty and White-bellied Pitohuis
genusPseudorectes
Maroon-backed and Sangihe Whistlers
genusCoracornis
Melanorectes
genusMelanorectes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71345.