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Passeriformes / Pachycephalidae / Pachycephala

Brown-backed Whistler

Pachycephala modesta

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (brbwhi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala

Subspecies (2)

Pachycephala modesta modesta

mountains of east-central to southeastern New Guinea, including Huon Peninsula
Pachycephala modesta telefolminensis

central New Guinea (Victor Emanuel and Hindenburg mountains)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (brbwhi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.