Typical Whistlers
Pachycephala
Pachycephala is a genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers. Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads, a literal translation of the generic name, which is derived from the Ancient Greek terms pachys "thick" + kephale "head". This lineage originated in Australo-Papua and later colonized the Indonesian and Philippine archipelagos to the west and the Pacific archipelagos to the east.
52 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 51 known species
Golden Whistler
speciesPachycephala pectoralis
Rufous Whistler
speciesPachycephala rufiventris
Olive Whistler
speciesPachycephala olivacea
Grey Whistler
speciesPachycephala simplex
Mangrove Whistler
speciesPachycephala cinerea
Bornean Whistler
speciesPachycephala hypoxantha
Gilbert's Whistler
speciesPachycephala inornata
Tenggara Whistler
speciesPachycephala calliope
Sulphur-bellied Whistler
speciesPachycephala sulfuriventer
Red-lored Whistler
speciesPachycephala rufogularis
Green-backed Whistler
speciesPachycephala albiventris
New Caledonian Whistler
speciesPachycephala caledonica
Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler
speciesPachycephala graeffii
Black-tailed Whistler
speciesPachycephala melanura
Yellow-bellied Whistler
speciesPachycephala philippinensis
White-breasted Whistler
speciesPachycephala lanioides
Regent Whistler
speciesPachycephala schlegelii
Fawn-breasted Whistler
speciesPachycephala orpheus
White-vented Whistler
speciesPachycephala homeyeri
Drab Whistler
speciesPachycephala griseonota
Black-chinned Whistler
speciesPachycephala mentalis
Vanuatu Whistler
speciesPachycephala chlorura
Bare-throated Whistler
speciesPachycephala nudigula
Island Whistler
speciesPachycephala phaionota
Morningbird
speciesPachycephala tenebrosa
Sclater's Whistler
speciesPachycephala soror
Samoan Whistler
speciesPachycephala flavifrons
Vogelkop Whistler
speciesPachycephala meyeri
White-throated Fiji Whistler
speciesPachycephala vitiensis
Lorentz's Whistler
speciesPachycephala lorentzi
Wallacean Whistler
speciesPachycephala arctitorquis
Moluccan whistler
speciesPachycephala macrorhyncha
Brown-backed Whistler
speciesPachycephala modesta
Black-headed Whistler
speciesPachycephala monacha
White-bellied Whistler
speciesPachycephala leucogastra
Tongan Whistler
speciesPachycephala jacquinoti
Baliem Whistler
speciesPachycephala balim
Selayar Whistler
speciesPachycephala teysmanni
Babar whistler
speciesPachycephala sharpei
Rusty Whistler
speciesPachycephala hyperythra
Biak Whistler
speciesPachycephala melanorhyncha
Bismarck Whistler
speciesPachycephala citreogaster
Oriole Whistler
speciesPachycephala orioloides
Nendo whistler
speciesPachycephala ornata
Rennell Whistler
speciesPachycephala feminina
Louisiade Whistler
speciesPachycephala collaris
Golden-backed Whistler
speciesPachycephala aurea
Utupua Whistler
speciesPachycephala utupuae
Oriole × Black-tailed Whistler
hybridPachycephala orioloides × melanura
Vanikoro Whistler
speciesPachycephala vanikorensis
Hooded Whistler
speciesPachycephala implicata
Bougainville Hooded Whistler
speciesPachycephala richardsi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 7902.