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Golden Whistler

To: "Anthony Katon" <>, "birding aus" <>
Subject: Golden Whistler
From: "Philip A. Veerman" <>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 22:08:06 +1000
Anthony,
You asked  Has anyone else noticed this difference in behaviour between male and female Golden Whistlers?"
The answer is Yes.
 
See the article: Bell, H.L. 1986, ‘Sexual differences in the behaviour of wintering Golden Whistlers Pachycephala pectoralis at Wollomombi, N.S.W.’, Emu 86: 2–11.
 
My "Canberra Birds: A Report on the first 18 years of the Garden Bird Survey" also describes this aspect, based on over 1000 observer years of data over an 18 year period.
 
Philip
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Katon <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, 16 June 2002 19:57
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Golden Whistler

Hello all,
I often go birding at Long Point, Macquarie Fields and most of the time lately I see female Golden Whistlers but only occasionally see the Male. I have notice that the male Golden Whistler seems to be a lot shyer and tends to stay higher in the trees than the female. The female can often be seen very low down in the trees and sometimes on the forest floor and has been as close as a few metres from me. Has anyone else noticed this difference in behaviour between male and female Golden Whistlers.
 
Regards
Anthony 
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