The white-breasted whistler (''Pachycephala lanioides'') is a species of

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in the family

Pachycephalidae The Pachycephalidae are a family of bird species that includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and three of the pitohuis, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. The family includes 69 species that are separated into fi ...

. It is

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. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical mangrove

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Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the white-breasted whistler include white-bellied thickhead and white-bellied whistler. The latter name should not be confused with the species of the same name, ''

Pachycephala leucogastra The white-bellied whistler (''Pachycephala leucogastra'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. The species has an oddly discontinuous distribution, occurring in two small patches of northern New Guinea, one small patch in south eas ...

''.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized: * ''P. l. carnarvoni'' - ( Mathews, 1913): Found in coastal

western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

* ''P. l. lanioides'' -

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, 1840: Found in coastal

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* ''P. l. fretorum'' -

De Vis Charles Walter de Vis (9 May 1829 – 30 April 1915)
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northern Australia The unofficial geographic term Northern Australia includes those parts of Queensland and Western Australia north of latitude 26th parallel south, 26° and all of the Northern Territory. Those local government areas of Western Australia and Q ...

References

white-breasted whistler The white-breasted whistler (''Pachycephala lanioides'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is Endemism, endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Taxonomy and systematics Alternat ...

Birds of the Northern Territory Birds of Western Australia Endemic birds of Australia

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