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Chunky, rounded songbird with heavy thick bill.
Not listed
At a glance
FamilyWhistlers and Allies
SizeSmall
RarityUncommon
HabitatOpen woodland, scrub, forest edge, gardens, and mixed canopy with active insect life.
Best timeMost reliable in Western Australia from May to October.
Sounds
Sound sampleRecorded by Jan-Uwe Schmidt
Range map
Range map
254visible hotspots
3971visible records
4states
SparseModerateDense hotspot
Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Overview
Male has an olive-yellow back, black head, white chin, bright yellow underparts, and thick yellow hindcollar. Female plain gray above, paler gray below, with yellow undertail and in some subspecies a yellow belly. Vocalizations include variations on whistled songs, sometimes with a whip-like ending.
Behavior
Overlaps very marginally with the very similar Golden Whistler in eastern Queensland, but note mangrove habitat as well as slightly longer bill and darker uppertail; also note significant yellow on underparts in female and different song.
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