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GOLDEN WHISTLER
GOLDEN WHISTLER: Pachycephala pectoralis 17 cm
- In Australia the Golden Whistler is distributed
widely in forests and woodlands of the east.
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In north Queensland it occurs mainly in upland
rainforests.
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The
sulphur-yellow
and olive-green body plumage, with a white throat and black head markings, make
the male conspicuous.
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The
female is drably garbed in olive-greys and very pale yellows.
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has a melodic
‘wi-wi-wi-wi-whit’ call, which sometimes ends with a whip-crack.
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It is easily observed at
Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge.
Additional Golden Whistler
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