Biak Whistler
Pachycephala melanorhyncha(Meyer, AB, 1874)
English (US) Biak Whistler
The Biak Whistler (Pachycephala melanorhyncha) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pachycephalidae (Whistlers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pachycephala melanorhyncha
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Biak Whistler
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Myiolestes melanorhynchus
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
- Type locality
- Mysore Island.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 69, no.1 p.494
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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