The mangrove golden whistler (''Pachycephala melanura'') or black-tailed whistler, is a species of

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in the family

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. It is found in mangrove forests and adjacent wet forests of Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized: * ''Pachycephala melanura dahli'' -

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, 1897: Found in the

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and south-eastern

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* Robust whistler (''P. m. spinicaudus'') - Mathews, 1912: Originally described as a separate species in the genus ''

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''. Found in southern New Guinea and islands in the

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* ''P. m. violetae'' - ( Pucheran, 1853): Found in northern Australia * ''P. m. melanura'' -

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, 1843: Found in north-western Australia * ''P. m. robusta'' - Masters, 1876: This subspecies is also called "robust whistler". Found in northern Australia

References

mangrove golden whistler Birds of the Bismarck Archipelago Birds of the Northern Territory Birds of Papua New Guinea Birds of Queensland Birds of Western Australia mangrove golden whistler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Pachycephalidae-stub