Sclater's whistler explained

Sclater's whistler (Pachycephala soror) or the hill golden whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae found in the highlands of New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.^[1]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized:^[2]

• P. s. soror – Sclater, 1874: found in north-western New Guinea
• P. s. klossi – Ogilvie-Grant, 1915: found in central and eastern New Guinea
• P. s. octogenarii – Diamond, 1985: found in the Kumawa Mountains of western New Guinea
• P. s. bartoni – Ogilvie-Grant, 1915: found in south-eastern New Guinea and Goodenough Island

Notes and References

1. Book: Beolens, Bo. Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. 2003. Christopher Helm. London. 304. Watkins, Michael .
2. Web site: Whiteheads, sitellas & whistlers « IOC World Bird List. www.worldbirdnames.org. en-US. 2017-02-02.