Australian Golden Whistler

Pachycephala pectoralis

The Australian golden whistler or golden whistler, is a species of passerine bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in forest, woodland, mallee, mangrove and scrub in Australia. Most populations are resident, but some in south-eastern Australia migrate north during the winter. Its taxonomy is highly complex and remains a matter of dispute, with some authorities including as many as 59 subspecies of the golden whistler, while others treat several of these as separate species. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 795,880 times across 15 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Oceania ranged from 37°S in April to 28°S in October, about 1,100 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.