Temotu whistler | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pachycephalidae |
Genus: | Pachycephala |
Species: | P. vanikorensis
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Binomial name | |
Pachycephala vanikorensis Oustalet, 1875
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Subspecies | |
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The Temotu whistler (Pachycephala vanikorensis) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to the Santa Cruz Islands of the Solomon Islands group. It was classified as a separate species in 2016 by the IOC. Two of its subspecies (P. v. ornate and utupuae) belonged previously to the former white-throated whistler and the nominate subspecies was a subspecies of the Melanesian Whistler.
It was variably considered as subspecies of a widespread golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis).[1][2]
Three subspecies are recognized:[3]