South Australian Golden Whistler
Female, front
South Australian Golden Whistler
Female, back
| South Australian Golden Whistler Female, front | | South Australian Golden Whistler Female, back | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | ||||
| Family: | Whistler (Pachycephalidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | South Australian Golden Whistler (Pachycephala fuliginosa ssp fuliginosa) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female, profile | ||||
| Other name: | South Australian Western Whistler | ||||
Thank you Geoffrey Cox for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere A small whistler, with an olive back. The male has a black head that contrasts starkly with the golden yellow under and neck ring. White chin and black throat bar. The female has drab brown tones by comparison. | |||||
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