Brown-backed whistler

Brown-backed whistler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species: P. modesta
Binomial name
Pachycephala modesta
(De Vis, 1894)
Subspecies

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The brown-backed whistler (Pachycephala modesta) is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:[2]

References


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