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Utupua Whistler
Pachycephala utupuae Mayr, 1932
Pachycephalidae — Whistlers & Allies
Utupua Whistler, Pachycephala utupuae, is a passerine in the whistler family and breeds on Utupua in the Santa Cruz Islands of the south-east Solomon Islands. It was described in 1932 by Mayr. The bird is now treated as a separate species, having once been placed with the Vanikoro Whistler, and it is monotypic with no recognised subspecies. Its separation was based on clear differences in the plumage of females.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pachycephalidae — Whistlers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Utupua (sc Santa Cruz Is.=Temotu, se Solomon Is.)
