Green-backed whistler

Green-backed whistler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species: P. albiventris
Binomial name
Pachycephala albiventris
Subspecies

see text

Synonyms
  • Hyloterpe albiventris
  • Pachycephala grisola albiventris

The green-backed whistler (Pachycephala albiventris), or olive-backed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, some authorities considered the green-backed whistler to be a subspecies of the mangrove whistler.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • P. a. albiventris – (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894): Found on northern Luzon (Philippines)
  • P. a. crissalis – (Zimmer, JT, 1918): Originally described as a separate species. Found on central and southern Luzon (Philippines)
  • P. a. mindorensis – (Bourns & Worcester, 1894): Originally described as a separate species. Found on Mindoro (Philippines)

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Pachycephala albiventris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22705443A94019197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22705443A94019197.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Whiteheads, sitellas & whistlers « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.


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