The Selayar whistler (Pachycephala teysmanni) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to the small island of Selayar, which lies to the south of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the rusty-breasted whistler.
| Selayar 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. teysmanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycephala teysmanni Büttikofer, 1893
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Taxonomy
editThe Selayar whistler was formally described in 1893 by the Swiss zoologist Johann Büttikofer based on a specimen collected by Dutch naturalist Johannes Elias Teijsmann. Büttikofer coined the binomial name Pachycephala teysmanni where the specific epithet was chosen to honour the collector.[2] Büttikofer believed the specimen had been collected in "Macassar, South Celebes" but this was an error and the type location has been redesignated as the island of Selayar which lies around 18 km (11 mi) south of Sulawesi.[3][4] The Selayar whistler is monotypic. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the rusty-breasted whistler (Pachycephala calliope, previously Pachycephala fulvotincta) but is now considered to be a separate species based on its sexually monomorphic plumage.[5]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Pachycephala teysmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103693387A112516385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103693387A112516385.en. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Büttikofer, Johann (1893). "On two new species of birds from South Celebes". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 15: 179–181 [179].
- ^ Hartert, Ernst (1896). "On ornithological collections made by Mr. Alfred Everett in Celebes and on the islands south of it". Novitates Zoologicae. 3: 148–183 [169].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 19.
- ^ 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 20 September 2024.