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Species
Pachycephala schlegelii Schlegel, 1871
Nomenclature
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Family: PachycephalidaeGenus: Pachycephala
SUMMARY
Male nominate race has top and side of head and nape black, yellow collar on hindneck; upperparts dark olive- green, upperwing and tail black, outer primaries narrowly edged light brown; chin black, throat white; upper breast black, extending laterally to black of nape, remainder to underparts yellow, lower breast and belly strongly washed orange; iris dark brown; bill black; legs grey. Female has top and side of head and nape grey, upperparts olive- green, upperwing and tail as male except that inner primaries and secondaries edged olive- green on outer webs, wing- coverts broadly edged olive- green; chin and upper breast grey, throat white with dusky mottling, broad olive- green band on lower breast, flanks olive- green, remainder of underparts yellow. Juvenile has plumage mainly reddish- chestnut; immature like female. Race obscurior has belly somewhat more ochraceous than nominate; cyclopum has bill larger, wing longer, female with upperparts more greenish, breast paler.