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Green-backed whistler

Green-backed whistler
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Pachycephala
Species: P. albiventris
Binomial name
Pachycephala albiventris
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Hyloterpe albiventris
  • Pachycephala grisola albiventris

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The green-backed whistler (Pachycephala albiventris), or olive-backed whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Formerly, some authorities considered the green-backed whistler to be a subspecies of the mangrove whistler.

Three subspecies are recognized:



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