Avibase: Pachycephala pectoralis (Golden Whistler)

Golden Whistler

Pachycephala pectoralis (Latham, J 1801)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis pectoralis	Marc Anderson	2020-01-18	Wooroonooran, Tablelands Regional, Queensland, Eacham (Australia) (700 m)	song - bird-seen:no	524668 xeno-canto.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Meena Haribal	2010-10-06	Wongabel, Tablelands Regional, Queensland, Atherton (Australia) (800 m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	634487 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Ramit Singal	2020-06-29	Narawntapu National Park, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, Latrobe (Australia)	-	246380321 macaulaylibrary.org
Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Ramit Singal	2020-06-27	Bell Mount Track, Kentish, Tasmania, Australia, Kentish (Australia)	- 3 different song types delivered by a single male. 1st song type as it starts off; 2nd song type 0:35 onwards, 3rd song type 1:35 onwards.	245904051 macaulaylibrary.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis youngi	Marc Anderson	2017-10-15	Burralow Creek Campground, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (150 m)	song - [sono]	390575 xeno-canto.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis youngi	Frank Lambert	2015-10-12	Sherbrooke Forest, Belgrave, Victoria, Victoria (Australia) (380 m)	song - playback-used:no	366882 xeno-canto.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Ramit Singal	2020-06-27	Moina, Kentish Council, Tasmania, Kentish (Australia) (650 m)	adult, male, song - 3 different songs. 1st type at 0:00, 2nd at 0:35, 3rd at 1:35 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	571959 xeno-canto.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Fernand Deroussen	2011-10-25	Noosa Heads, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (10 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	157486 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Ramit Singal	2020-08-02	Kimberleys Lookout Track, Kentish, Tasmania, Australia, Kentish (Australia)	- Multiple song types by a brown bird (imm male or adult female) from a clump of eucalypts while foraging and moving close to me and away as well as anywhere between 3-8m height above the ground. Another Golden Whistler singing sporadically in the distance. Incredible variation in song (I counted 7 different types): 1st type: 0:03, 2nd type: 0:29, 3rd type: 1:26, reverting to 2nd type: 2:18, reverting to 1st type: 3:22, reverting to 3rd type: 3:32, 4th type: 3:47, reverting to 2nd type: 4:32, reverting to 1st type: 4:49, reverting to 2nd type but this time with higher tempo at 5:03, 5th type (or a call): 5:40, reverting to 3rd type: 5:45, 6th type: 6:41, 7th type 7:53	252976681 macaulaylibrary.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Peter Boesman	2023-10-31	Waterfall Creek State Reserve, Bruny, Tasmania, Kingborough (Australia) (? m)	song - [sono]	860006 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler (Golden) - Pachycephala pectoralis [pectoralis Group]	Ramit Singal	2018-11-20	Warrawee Forest Reserve, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, Latrobe (Australia)	- Multiple cuts - the same male singing from time to time, moving often. Had a female close by.	124329541 macaulaylibrary.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Geri Doyle	2017-10-13	Wauchope, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, New South Wales, Port Macquarie-Hastings - Pt B (Australia) (30 m)	male, song - Recorded on phone - not edited. This bird appeared at the house on the edge of a residential area multiple times over a few days (up to a week) perching on an old wardrobe (no mirror) on the verandah and singing repeatedly. Across the road is a vacant lot and below that a creek with some scrub and large trees along it. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	439934 xeno-canto.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis glaucura	Marc Anderson	2020-11-18	Lune River, Huon Valley Council, Tasmania, Huon Valley (Australia) (50 m)	song - bird-seen:no	673830 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler (Eastern) - Pachycephala pectoralis [pectoralis Group]	Jay McGowan	2024-12-09	, Colac-Otway (Australia)	-	629977630 macaulaylibrary.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis youngi	Marc Anderson	2016-10-24	Dunn's Swamp, Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (650 m)	song - bird-seen:yes	340124 xeno-canto.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis pectoralis	Marc Anderson	2013-11-06	Mount Hypipamee NP, Atherton Tableland Qld, Queensland (Australia) (1000 m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	174157 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	Ramit Singal	2020-07-12	Redwater Creek--Rail Track Rd, Kentish, Tasmania, Australia, Kentish (Australia)	- female/imm male	248942991 macaulaylibrary.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta	Eric S. J. Tan	2018-08-18	Palm Glen, Norfolk Island National Park, Norfolk Island, South Pacific , Norfolk Island (Australia) (200 m)	call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	431190 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler (Eastern) - Pachycephala pectoralis [pectoralis Group]	Ramit Singal	2024-11-16	, Latrobe (Australia)	-	626304571 macaulaylibrary.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis	David Edwards	2012-12-20	Lamington National Park (near O'reilly), Queensland, Beaudesert - Pt B (Australia) (900 m)	song - bird-seen:yes	521670 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler (Eastern) - Pachycephala pectoralis [pectoralis Group]	Chris Chafer	2026-05-20	, Cairns (Australia)	-	658683850 macaulaylibrary.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis pectoralis	Eric S. J. Tan	2015-07-18	Malanda, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (750 m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	263524 xeno-canto.org
Australian Golden Whistler - Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta	Frank Lambert	2023-03-23	Norfolk Island National Park, Norfolk Island, South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand (New Zealand) (260 m)	call - [sono]	1051557 xeno-canto.org
Golden Whistler (Golden) - Pachycephala pectoralis [pectoralis Group]	James Lambert	2020-06-21	Cabbage Tree Creek (Aspley), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Brisbane (Australia)	-	244670331 macaulaylibrary.org

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