Male © Laurie Ross | Tracks Birding & Photography Tours eBird S58107491 Macaulay Library ML 167864021
Female © Laurie Ross | Tracks Birding & Photography Tours
Male © Barry Deacon
Female © Luke Seitz
Male © Nancy Auerbach and Dirk Hovorka

White-breasted Whistler Pachycephala lanioides

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Identification

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Large, chunky songbird with thick hooked bill, found in mangrove vegetation of northern Australia. Male gray above, white below, with black crown connected to black-and-brown collar that encloses white throat. White throat recalls similar Rufous Whistler. Female and immature gray above, pale below, with extensive fine streaking that fades into an almost white belly. Compare Little Shrikethrush, which is smaller with a more obvious pale eyebrow. Loud whistling calls, including a two-note rising "toooo-whittt.”

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