Olive Whistler

Pachycephala olivacea

Seal River Road, Colliers Swamp Conservation Area, S King Island, Tas IMG_2477 20211218 - apatetes male: pale grey head,
mottled white throat. Upperparts more olive, underparts darker, than nominate ssp olivacea. Female top of head & hindneck &
ear-coverts dark greyish-brown.

Notes: Drab thickset whistler of cool wet forest & scrub. Nominate ssp olivacea head, nape grey,
chin & throat white variably mottled or barred; female browner head. Ssp macphersoniana is
larger than nominate. bathychroa smaller, male upperparts more olive, underparts darker; female
upper breast browner; apatetes see pic caption. hesperus smaller than nominate, upperparts
slightly paler. Northern ssp in rainforests at high altitudes, southern ssps low in forests.

Range from Morcombe©(modified)