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Golden Whistler
In Australia and the Papua
Province of Indonesia...several
subspecies are disputed.
Pachycephala pectoralis
(L 6.7")
Hattah-Kulkyne Nat’l Park
29Oct2015
Little Desert
Nature Lodge
17Oct2015
Laminington Nat’l Park
Australia
19Oct2015
female
variants
Pachycephala in Greek means
large head; pectoralis in Latin
means of the breast.
I saw him in front garden yesterday
That golden breasted bird who whistles in the Spring
The rain came drizzling sky was dull to gray
And golden whistler had no song to sing.
(Francis Duggan)
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
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