Sclater's Whistler (Pachycephala soror)
About the Sclater's Whistler
Sclater's whistler (Pachycephala soror) or the hill golden whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae found in the highlands of New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater. Four subspecies are recognized: P. s. soror – Sclater, 1874: found in north-western New Guinea P. s. klossi – Ogilvie-Grant, 1915: found in central and eastern New Guinea P. s. octogenarii – Diamond, 1985: found in the Kumawa Mountains of western New Guinea P. s. bartoni – Ogilvie-Grant, 1915: found in south-eastern New Guinea and Goodenough Island.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 13 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralisrecording
- Bare-throated WhistlerPachycephala nudigularecording
- Mangrove WhistlerPachycephala cinerearecording
- Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventrisrecording
- Rusty-breasted WhistlerPachycephala fulvotinctarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.