Pachycephala melanura (Black-tailed Whistler)

Black-tailed Whistler

Pachycephala melanura Gould, J 1843

The mangrove golden whistler or black-tailed whistler is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in mangrove forests and adjacent wet forests of Papua New Guinea and Australia. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pachycephalidae
Genus:
   Pachycephala
Scientific:
  Pachycephala melanura

Original description

Citation:
Gould, J 1843

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1842), Part 1, 0 no.117 p. 134

Protonym:
Pachycephala melanura

Type locality:
north coast of Australia ; restricted to Derby, west Kimberley District, by Mathews, 1920, Birds Australia, 8, p. 229.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96442#page/286/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D6B9FCEC582B411A

Avibase ID:
avibase-D6B9FCEC

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D6B9FCEC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561767

Geographic range:

Pachycephala melanura [melanura or violetae]: mangroves of northwestern Western Australia (Pilbara and western Kimberley)
Pachycephala melanura dahli: islands off southeastern New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago
Pachycephala melanura robusta: mangroves of northern Australia (Arnhem Land to central Queensland)
Pachycephala melanura spinicaudus: northern Torres Strait Islands

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Black-tailed Whistler
Catalan:
xiuladora dels manglars
Czech:
pištec pobřežní
Danish:
Mørkhalet Fløjter
German:
Mangrovedickkopf
Spanish:
Silbador Colinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Silbador Colinegro
Finnish:
mangrovekultaviheltäjä
French:
Siffleur à queue noire
Croatian:
crnorepa zviždavka
Hungarian:
mangrove légyvadász
Italian:
Zufolatore codanera
Japanese (romaji):
kin'iromozuhitaki
Japanese:
キンイロモズヒタキ
Lithuanian:
Juodauodegis švilpikas
Dutch:
Zwartstaartfluiter
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svarthaleplystrar
Norwegian:
Svarthaleplystrer
Polish:
fletówka obrożna
Portuguese:
assobiadeira-dos-mangais-australiana
Portuguese (Portugal):
sibilante-de-cauda-preta
Russian:
Чернохвостый свистун
Slovak:
hlaváčik čiernochvostý
Serbian:
Crnorepi zviždač
Swedish:
svartstjärtad visslare
Ukrainian:
свистун мангровий
Chinese:
黑尾啸鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
黑尾嘯鶲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-tailed Whistler [nominate] ( Pachycephala melanura [melanura])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
Clements, version 2021: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 17]
Clements, version 2022: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 17]
Clements, version 2023: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 17]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 8]
Clements, version 2015: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 8]
Clements, version 2016: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 12]
Clements, version 2017: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 12]
Clements, version 2018: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 15]
Clements, version 2019: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 15]
eBird version 1.53: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 5]
eBird version 1.54: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 5]
eBird version 1.55: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 8]
eBird version 2015: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 8]
eBird version 2016: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 12]
eBird version 2017: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 12]
eBird version 2018: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 15]
eBird version 2019: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 15]
eBird version 2021: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 17]
eBird version 2022: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 17]
eBird version 2023: Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 17]
eBird version 2024: Black-tailed Whistler (Black-tailed) ( Pachycephala melanura [melanura Group]) [version 18]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-tailed Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 14]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 10]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 10]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 10]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 11]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 16]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 16]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 16]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 16]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 16]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 16]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Mangrove Golden Whistler ( Pachycephala melanura) [version 16]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pachycephala [pectoralis, melanura or jacquinoti] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Alternative arrangements: 9 15 3 12 6 7 1 18 10 4 13 5 16 2 17 11 14 8

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Other related concepts

Pachycephala [orioloides x melanura] (hybrid)

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