Wallacean Whistler

Wallacean WhistlerThis whistler occurs on some Moluccan islands of Indonesia. The account describes it as common on Yamdena and records it from moist lowland and mangrove forests as well as plantations, villages, and gardens. It was formerly treated as the same species as the White-bellied Whistler.What does it look like?The male has a black head and hindneck, grey back, black breast band, and white underparts. The female has pale rusty-brown upperparts and rusty-cream underparts with fine dark streaks.How does it live?This whistler occurs on some Moluccan islands of Indonesia. The account describes it as common on Yamdena and records it from moist lowland and mangrove forests as well as plantations, villages, and gardens. It was formerly treated as the same species as the White-bellied Whistler.It lives in moist lowland and mangrove forests and is also recorded in plantations, villages, and gardens. It feeds on insects.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.