Whistler
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Whistler may refer to:
- Someone who whistles
Animals
- Whistler (bird), a group of passerine birds in the family Pachycephalidae
- Goldeneye (bird), a Northern Hemisphere seaduck in the genus Bucephala
- Hoary marmot or groundhog, American species of marmot
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
- Whistler (Buffyverse), a character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Abraham Whistler, mentor to the Marvel Comics character Blade in film and animated continuity
- Erwin "Whistler" Emory, a character in the film Sneakers
- James Whistler (Prison Break character), mysterious inmate in the television series Prison Break's third season
Music
- Whistler (band), a UK indie band
- "The Whistler", a 1977 single by the British rock group Jethro Tull
- "The Whistler", Fourplay's instrumental song on its 2008 album Energy
Television
- Whistler (TV series), set in Whistler, British Columbia
- The Whistler (TV series), television show of the 1950s
Other art, entertainment, and media
- CKEE-FM, identified on air and in print as "101.5 Whistler FM", a radio station in Whistler, British Columbia
- The Whistler (novel), a 2016 novel by John Grisham
- The Whistler, a mystery drama radio show and film noir series
- The Whistler (1944 film), the first of eight films in the series
Brands and enterprises
- Whistler Group, a company specializing in electronics and automotive laser/radar detection systems
Places
Canada
- Whistler, British Columbia, a resort town
- Whistler Blackcomb, a ski resort in British Columbia
- Whistler Mountain, British Columbia
United States
- Whistler, Alabama, an unincorporated town until the 1950s, when it was annexed into neighboring Prichard
- Whistler Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
- Whistler Range, Nevada, a mountain range
- Whistler Mountain (Washington), a mountain summit in Washington state
Elsewhere
- Whistler Nunatak, Palmer Land, Antarctica
- Whistler River, New Zealand
People with the surname
- Alwyne Michael Webster Whistler (1909–1993), British Army general
- Anna McNeill Whistler (1804–1881), James Abbott McNeill Whistler's mother
- Charles Whistler (1856–1913), British writer
- George Washington Whistler (1800–1849), American civil engineer and railroad builder
- Hugh Whistler (1889–1943), English police officer and ornithologist
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), American-born British painter, most famous for Whistler's Mother
- General Sir Lashmer Whistler (1898–1963), soldier
- Laurence Whistler (1912–2000), British glass engraver and poet
- Rex Whistler (1905–1944), British painter
- William McNeill Whistler (1836–1900), physician, brother of James Abbott McNeill Whistler
- Whistler family, living and deceased members of Whistler family of England
Other uses
- Whistler (radio), a very low frequency radio phenomenon caused by lightning
- Whistler, the development codename for the Microsoft Windows XP computer operating system
- USS Whistler (SP-784), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
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