Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

• Pachycephala Vigors, 1825 Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1) 14 p.444 Muscicapa pectoralis Latham, 1801; Type by original designation
  • 666. Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea (Blyth, 1847)
    Alternative Names: Grey Thickhead
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 666a. Pachycephala cinerea cinerea (Blyth, 1847) [HB#1470]
      Original Description: M[uscitrea] cinerea Blyth, 1847 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16 p.122
      Distribution: S W Bengal, Barren Is, Andaman Is – N, Middle, S, and Little Andaman Is. as well as the islets of N Reef, Interview, Long, Outram, Havelock, Neil, Ross (Netaji), Tarmugli, Jolly Buoy, S Sentinel, and Rutland Is.
      Specimens: ROM
      Notes: Except for a specimen from Andamans (ROM #54754) collected by Osmaston, no other specimens could be located.