The Nendo whistler (Pachycephala ornata) is a passerine bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Nendö, as well as the Reef and Duff islands in the Santa Cruz Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Vanikoro whistler. Before the split the combined species were known by the English name "Temotu whistler".
| Nendo whistler | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Pachycephala |
| Species: | P. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycephala ornata Mayr, 1932
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Taxonomy
editThe Nendo whistler was formally described in 1932 by the American ornithologist Ernst Mayr based on specimens collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition to the island of Nendö in the Santa Cruz Islands. These islands form part of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Mayr considered his specimens to be subspecies of what is now the Australian golden whistler and coined the trinomial name Pachycephala pectoralis ornata.[1][2] The specific epithet ornata is Latin meaning "ornate", "adorned", "decorated", "splendid" or "embellished".[3] The Nendo whistler was previously considered to be a subspecies of the Vanikoro whistler (Pachycephala vanikorensis) but is now classified as a separate species based on DNA sequence analysis and differences in plumage.[4][5] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[4]
References
edit- ^ Mayr, Ernst (1932). "Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. 21, Notes on thickheads (Pachycephala) from Polynesia". American Museum Novitates (531): 8–9. hdl:2246/4212.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 29.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "ornata". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Whiteheads, sittellas, Ploughbill, Australo-Papuan bellbirds, Shriketit, whistlers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Jønsson, K.A.; Irestedt, M.; Christidis, L.; Clegg, S.M.; Holt, B.G.; Fjeldså, J. (2014). "Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1777). doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1727. PMC 3896003. PMID 24403319.