Mangrove Golden Whistler
A species of Typical whistlers Scientific name : Pachycephala melanura Genus : Typical whistlers
Mangrove Golden Whistler, A species of Typical whistlers
Botanical name: Pachycephala melanura
Genus: Typical whistlers
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Description
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Description
The mangrove golden whistler or black-tailed whistler (Pachycephala melanura) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found in mangrove forests and adjacent wet forests of Papua New Guinea and Australia. 
Size
17 cm
Feeding Habits
Mangrove Golden Whistler's diet consists primarily of invertebrates, especially insects, spiders, and small crabs. Mangrove Golden Whistler forages from the middle vegetation levels to the canopy, and occasionally near the ground or on mangrove roots. Foraging techniques include gleaning from foliage and branches and sally-striking.
Habitat
Mangrove Golden Whistler predominantly resides in mangrove ecosystems, characterized by closed canopies and dense vegetation typically found along coastal regions. Its habitat extends to other closed coastal environments, including reedbeds, wooded areas adjacent to freshwater swamps, and groves of inundated paperbarks. Additionally, mangrove Golden Whistler can inhabit coastal forests, coastal scrub, secondary growth, and areas with monsoon scrub, vine thickets, acacia thickets, as well as open eucalypt forests, heathlands, and paperbark thickets on islands.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Whistlers and allies Genus
Typical whistlers Species
Mangrove Golden Whistler 
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