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Tongan Whistler

Pachycephala jacquinoti Bonaparte, 1850

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pachycephala jacquinoti Bonaparte, 1850
Name authority
Bonaparte, 1850
Common name
Tongan Whistler
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pachycephalidae
Genus
Pachycephala
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyPachycephalidae Swainson, 1831
  11. genusPachycephala Vigors, 1825
  12. speciesPachycephala jacquinoti Bonaparte, 1850

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pachycephala. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Green-backed WhistlerPachycephala albiventris (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Melanesian WhistlerPachycephala caledonica (Gmelin, 1789)PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pachycephala cinerea (Blyth, 1847)PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Samoan WhistlerPachycephala flavifrons (Peale, 1848)PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pachycephala fulvotincta Wallace, 1864PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pachycephala graeffii Hartlaub, 1866PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Drab WhistlerPachycephala griseonota G. R. Gray, 1862PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gilbert's WhistlerPachycephala inornata Gould, 1841PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pachycephala leucogastra Salvadori & Albertis, 1875PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lorentz's WhistlerPachycephala lorentzi Mayr, 1931PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pachycephala mentalis Wallace, 1863PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brown-backed WhistlerPachycephala modesta (De Vis, 1894)PachycephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 46 records assigned to Pachycephalidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561763 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4BQCS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.