Olive Whistler

Pachycephala olivacea

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pachycephalidae
Genus
Pachycephala
eBird Code
oliwhi1

Vocalizations

Peter Crowcroft · CC0_1_0
John Cull · CC0_1_0
A Emmerson · CC_BY_4_0
Pieter Huybrechts · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (5)

  • Pachycephala olivacea apatetes

    Tasmania, and King and Flinders islands (Bass Strait)

  • Pachycephala olivacea bathychroa

    southeastern Australia (Otway Peninsula, southern Gippsland including Wilson's Promontory)

  • Pachycephala olivacea hesperus

    southeastern Australia (Robe, southeastern South Australia to Portland Bay, southwestern Victoria)

  • Pachycephala olivacea macphersoniana

    east-central Australia (McPherson Range, southeastern Queensland to Barrington Tops, New South Wales)

  • Pachycephala olivacea olivacea

    southeastern Australia (Sydney, New South Wales to Wombat Ranges, western Victoria)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.