Pachycephala pectoralis

Golden Whistler at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

Pachycephala pectoralis	3 Feb 2019	natureguy
Pachycephala pectoralis	16 Jan 2019	ArcherCallaway
Unidentified	16 Jan 2019	MatthewFrawley

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Not sure what this is, a bird getting adult plumage? Seemed to be the size of a whistler.

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ArcherCallaway wrote:

17 Jan 2019

Looks like a young whistler (Golden?) but colours are strange. Is the dark red on the front missing feathers?

natureguy wrote:

17 Jan 2019

Definitely a whistler of some sort, most likely Golden.

MatthewFrawley wrote:

3 Feb 2019

I was talking to Philip Veerman about this sighting and he said: "Clearly on shape a Whistler. Yes the colours seem odd but then not really. It is a young Golden Whistler, presumably born last spring, moulting out of the rufous juvenile plumage to the new grey plumage. The reddish bits are being replaced. That is why it is so scrappy and untidy".

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9 Jan 2019 10:42 AM Recorded on
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Species information

Pachycephala pectoralis Scientific name
Golden Whistler Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1341.8m Recorded at altitude
800 images trained Machine learning
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