Mangrove golden whistler
Female Pachycephala melanura robusta
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pachycephalidae
Genus:	Pachycephala
Species:	P. melanura
Binomial name
Pachycephala melanura Gould, 1843
Subspecies
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The mangrove golden whistler (Pachycephala melanura) or black-tailed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in mangrove forests and adjacent wet forests of Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized:^[2]

• Pachycephala melanura dahli - Reichenow, 1897: Found in the Bismarck Archipelago and south-eastern New Guinea
• Robust whistler (P. m. spinicaudus) - Mathews, 1912: Originally described as a separate species in the genus Pteruthius. Found in southern New Guinea and islands in the Torres Strait
• P. m. violetae - (Pucheran, 1853): Found in northern Australia
• P. m. melanura - Gould, 1843: Found in north-western Australia
• P. m. robusta - Masters, 1876: This subspecies is also called "robust whistler". Found in northern Australia