Pachycephala pectoralis

1 Golden Whistler at Giralang, ACT

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Identification history

Pachycephala pectoralis	7 Jun 2020	ArcherCallaway
Pachycephala pectoralis	3 Jun 2020	ArcherCallaway
Colluricincla harmonica	3 Jun 2020	Illilanga
Colluricincla harmonica	1 Jun 2020	AlisonMilton

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6 comments

ArcherCallaway wrote:

3 Jun 2020

Looks more like a whistler to me

Illilanga wrote:

3 Jun 2020

I think it is the angle of the head Ryu. I contemplated whistler but then thought the tail was too long and the tail shape more like a thrush. But happy to hear from others... Alison, have you got any comments about any calls you heard etc.

AlisonMilton wrote:

3 Jun 2020

I also initially thought whistler but the call was more like a shrikethrush.

natureguy wrote:

3 Jun 2020

I agree with Ryu on the Whistler suggestion. Definitely doesn't look like a Shrikethrush.

AlisonMilton wrote:

3 Jun 2020

Happy to go with your suggestion, especially as there were two and I rarely see two Shrikethrushes. I did hear it call. It wasn't a whistle but on listening to the Shrikethrush call on the COG website, it wasn't quite like that either. I decided to go with Shrikethrush to be on the safe side since it didn't give the distinctive whistle call.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

7 Jun 2020

I'm pretty confident so with Luke's backing, I'm going to go ahead an confirm it. Thanks for the additional comments Alison.

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