PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae

Pachycephala rufiventris  

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
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© Vik Dunis 2015
West MacDonnell National Park, NT (Aug, 2015)
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The Rufous Whistler used to be known as the Rufous-breasted Thickhead due to its "noticeable breadth of cranium" (The Useful Birds of Southern Australia, R Hall, 1907).

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Male Rufous Whistler

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Rufous Whistler

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Young Rufous Whistler

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Female Rufous Whistler

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Immature Rufous Whistler

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Immature Rufous Whistler

Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)

Male Rufous Whistler