Pachycephala pectoralis

1 Golden Whistler at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Pachycephala pectoralis	7 Aug 2020	natureguy
	Pachycephala pectoralis	1 Aug 2020	JonSteinbeck

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User's notes

There were two Golden Whistlers, possibly a female and an immature bird. They were flying between trees, regularly making a single note call, as if to tell the other the location of the bird. They seemed to be looking under leaves for food. One of them managed to catch a juicy, green caterpillar. It then dashed the caterpillar against the branch the bird was perched on, causing some gooey stuff to stretch out the back of the unfortunate insect. The bird then, readjusted the caterpillar in its beak by throwing it slightly out of its mouth and catching it. It did not eat the caterpillar while I was watching but the caterpillar was gone shortly afterwards. There was a slight disagreement between these two birds, possibly as a result of the caterpillar. Shortly afterwards, one of them dove at the other and there was brief exchange of harsher calls before one of the birds flew off to a nearby tree where it stayed by itself for the remainder of the time I had them under observation.

2 comments

ConBoekel wrote:

1 Aug 2020

The tan stripes on the wing of one of the birds indicates an immature male.

JonSteinbeck wrote:

1 Aug 2020

Many thanks ConBoekel, I thought one was an immature bird but I was not sure of the sex.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.102637 -35.327748
Altitude 647.9m
Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
17 Jul 2020 12:43 PM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Intermediate size Other Birds Birds

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
891 images trained Machine learning

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania