Olive Whistler
A species of Typical whistlers Scientific name : Pachycephala olivacea Genus : Typical whistlers
Olive Whistler, A species of Typical whistlers
Botanical name: Pachycephala olivacea
Genus: Typical whistlers
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Description General Info
Description
Adult birds are around 18–20 cm (7–8 in) long, and have an overall olive brown plumage with a streaked white throat. To an untrained eye, they can be mistaken for female golden whistlers. The male has a dark grey head, pale grey breast and red-tinged buff belly and rump. The female lacks the red tinge, and has brown underparts. The legs, bill and eyes of both sexes are a brown-black. The melodious call has been likened to I'll wet you or you're cranky, and is possibly the most musical of all whistlers. 
Size
21 cm
Feeding Habits
Olive Whistler primarily consumes insects, showcasing foraging behaviors in different terrains and times. Unique adaptations facilitate its specialized insectivorous diet.
Habitat
The habitat of olive Whistler predominantly comprises moist temperate forests, including rainforest regions with abundant evergreen species such as southern beech and coachwoods, as well as wet eucalypt forests. They are also found in areas with dense undergrowth like gulley vegetation and thicket formations consisting of paperbark and tea-tree species. Furthermore, the species inhabits coastal heaths, mountain shrublands, and vegetated pockets within exotic pine forests, indicating a preference for environments with rich vegetation cover and high humidity.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
The olive whistler is found from the McPherson Range in far south east Queensland south through New South Wales and into Victoria and south eastern South Australia, Flinders and King Islands and Tasmania. The habitat is mainly wet forest, and Antarctic beech (Nothofagus moorei) forest in northern New South Wales.
Species Status
An uncommon species, it is considered of least concern on the global IUCN Red List, but vulnerable in New South Wales due to habitat fragmentation and feral cats and foxes.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Whistlers and allies Genus
Typical whistlers Species
Olive Whistler 
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