White-bellied Whistler
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The White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) is a species of bird
in the Pachycephalidae
family.
The species has an oddly discontinuous distribution, occurring in two small patches of northern New Guinea
, one small patch in south eastern New Guinea and on Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago
(off the tip of eastern New Guinea). The species uses a variety of habitat
s, including wet eucalyptus
forests, mangrove forests, savanna, and modified habitats like rubber plantations.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Pachycephalidae
Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae, collectively the whistlers, includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia...
family.
The species has an oddly discontinuous distribution, occurring in two small patches of northern New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, one small patch in south eastern New Guinea and on Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago
Louisiade Archipelago
The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread over an ocean area of between the Solomon Sea to the north and the Coral Sea to...
(off the tip of eastern New Guinea). The species uses a variety of habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
s, including wet eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
forests, mangrove forests, savanna, and modified habitats like rubber plantations.