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Bare-throated whistler

species of bird

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ3231578 ↗
Source-derived summary

The bare-throated whistler (Pachycephala nudigula) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Sundas.

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the bare-throated whistler include the Lesser Sunda whistler and Sunda whistler. The latter name is shared with the fawn-breasted whistler.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

P. n. ilsa – Rensch, 1928: Sumbawa

P. n. nudigula – Hartert, 1897: Flores

Habitat

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

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This entry incorporates text from “Bare-throated whistler” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.