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Rufous whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris · Family Pachycephalidae
Pachycephala rufiventris
Family Pachycephalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pachycephalidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 733,253
- Countries and territories with records
- 9
About this species
This species has 733,253 occurrence records from 9 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.6% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.67% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pachycephala rufiventris combines the genus name Pachycephala with the species epithet rufiventris. The Warbla app catalog lists 44 species of the genus Pachycephala; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pachycephala pectoralis, Pachycephala olivacea and Pachycephala simplex.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 63 species of the family Pachycephalidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Colluricincla harmonica. Its record count is 16 times the family average (45,721). The family Pachycephalidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.