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Brown-backed Whistler
Pachycephala modesta (De Vis, CW 1894)
The brown-backed whistler is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae endemic to New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Pachycephalidae
Genus:
Pachycephala
Scientific:
Pachycephala modesta
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Pachycephalidae
Genus:
Pachycephala
Scientific:
Pachycephala modesta
Original description
Citation:
(De Vis, CW 1894)
Reference:
Annual Rep. Brit. New Guinea 1893-1894, Append.
App.EE p.101
Protonym:
Poecilodryas modesta
Type locality:
Mt. Maneao, 5,000 ft., southeastern New Guinea.
Link:
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1894-95No26p71-136.pdf#page=31
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
F1D4D8D5C2DC92FC
Avibase ID:
avibase-F1D4D8D5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F1D4D8D5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561769
Geographic range:
- Pachycephala modesta: montane central and eastern New Guinea
- Pachycephala modesta modesta: Herzog Mountains and mountains of southeastern New Guinea
- Pachycephala modesta hypoleuca: New Guinea (Sepik and Saruwaged mountains)
- Pachycephala modesta telefolminensis: central New Guinea (Victor Emanuel and Hindenburg mountains)
Source: Clements checklist
Brown-backed Whistler
Catalan:
xiuladora modesta
Czech:
pištec horský
Danish:
Brunrygget Fløjter
German:
Braunrücken-Dickkopf
Spanish:
Silbador Modesto
Spanish (Spain):
Silbador Modesto
Finnish:
vuoriviheltäjä
French:
Siffleur modeste
Croatian:
smeđoleđa zviždavka
Italian:
Zufolatore dorsobruno
Japanese (romaji):
komozuhitaki
Japanese:
コモズヒタキ
Lithuanian:
Rudnugaris švilpikas
Dutch:
Bruinrugfluiter
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunryggplystrar
Norwegian:
Brunryggplystrer
Polish:
fletówka brązowogrzbieta
Portuguese:
assobiadeira-de-dorso-castanho
Portuguese (Portugal):
sibilante-modesto
Russian:
Буроспинный свистун
Slovak:
hlaváčik hnedochrbtý
Serbian:
Smeđoleđi zviždač
Swedish:
brunryggig visslare
Ukrainian:
Свистун буроспинний
Chinese:
褐背啸鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
褐背嘯鶲
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Siffleur modeste ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Siffleur modeste ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pachycephala modesta [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pachycephala modesta [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pachycephala modesta [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Brown-backed Whistler ( Pachycephala modesta) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pachycephala modesta [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pachycephala modesta [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: xiuladora modesta
Czech: Pištec horský
Danish: Brunrygget Fløjter
German: Braunrücken-Dickkopf
English: Brown backed Whistler, Brown-baced whistler, Brown-backed Whistler
English, HBW: Brown-backed Whistler
English (IOC): Brown-backed Whistler
English (United States): Brown-backed Whistler
Spanish: Chiflador de Espalda Castaña, Silbador Modesto
Spanish (Spain): Silbador Modesto
Spanish (HBW): Brown-backed Whistler
Finnish: Vuoriviheltäjä
French: Pachycéphale à dos brun, Siffleur modeste
Croatian: smeđoleđa zviždavka
Italian: Zufolatore dorsobruno
Japanese (romaji): komozuhitaki
Japanese: コモズヒタキ
Scientific: Pachycephala modesta, Pachycephala modesta modesta, Poecilodryas modesta
Lithuanian: Rudnugaris švilpikas
Dutch: Bruinrugfluiter
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunryggplystrar
Norwegian: Brunryggplystrer
Polish: fletówka brazowogrzbieta, fletówka brązowogrzbieta
Portuguese: assobiadeira-de-dorso-castanho
Portuguese (Portugal): sibilante-modesto
Russian: Буроспинный свистун
Slovak: hlaváčik hnedochrbtý
Serbian: Smeđoleđi zviždač
Swedish: Brunryggad visslare, brunryggig visslare
Tai: Martin-Divan
Turkish: Kahverengi Islıkçı, Kahverengi ıslıkçı
Ukrainian: Свистун буроспинний
Chinese: 褐背啸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 褐背嘯鶲
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