Whistler (bird)

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Pachycephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Swainson, 1831
Subfamily: Pachycephalinae

A Whistler is the term given to the thirty odd species of subfamily Pachycephalinae, consisting mainly of the genus Pachycephala, in the Austro-pacific region. They were also previously commonly known as Thickheads, a direct translation of their scientific generic name.