Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pachycephalidae
- Genus
- Pachycephala
- eBird Code
- rufwhi1
Subspecies (5)
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Pachycephala rufiventris falcata
northwestern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia eastward to northern Northern Territory)
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Pachycephala rufiventris minor
north-central Australia (Tiwi Islands, off Northern Territory)
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Pachycephala rufiventris pallida
northeastern Australia (southern Gulf of Carpentaria to Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)
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Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris
breeds Australian mainland south of tropics; winters to north
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Pachycephala rufiventris xanthetraea
New Caledonia
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.