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Pachycephala soror klossi


Sclater´s Whistler
Silbador de Sclater

Family: Pachycephalidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


Sclater´s whistler (Pachycephala soror) or the hill golden whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae found in the highlands of New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.

Subspecies: Four subspecies are recognized:
  • P. s. sororSclater, 1874: found in north-western New Guinea
  • P. s. klossiOgilvie-Grant, 1915: found in central and eastern New Guinea
  • P. s. octogenariiDiamond, 1985: found in the Kumawa Mountains of western New Guinea
  • P. s. bartoniOgilvie-Grant, 1915: found in south-eastern New Guinea and Goodenough Island

Source: Wikipedia, article Pachycephala soror. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Sclater´s Whistler (Pachycephala soror) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.