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Biak Whistler
Pachycephala melanorhyncha (Meyer, AB, 1874)
Pachycephalidae — Whistlers & Allies
Biak Whistler, Pachycephala melanorhyncha, is a bird of the Pachycephalidae family found on Biak in the Geelvink Bay islands of north-west New Guinea, in Australasia. It is confined to this island range. The bird has warm brown upperparts, paler underparts, large eyes and a stout bill. It was once treated as a subspecies of the little shrikethrush.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pachycephalidae — Whistlers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
