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White-vented Whistler

Drongos, Orioles & Cuckooshrikes

Pachycephala homeyeri

Basic stats

Diet

Insects

Habitat

Coastal scrub, mangrove edge, small islands

Range

Southeast Asia, Wallacea

Clutch size

2 eggs

Incubation period

About 15–16 days

Size

Small–medium (16–18cm)

Wingspan

~24–26cm

Weight

~20–26g

A plain-plumaged whistler of coastal scrub and island vegetation, closely related to the Mangrove Whistler and often treated as its counterpart on smaller offshore islands and coastal fringes.

Sings a distinctive, far-carrying whistled phrase from cover and feeds on insects gleaned from foliage close to the shoreline and mangrove edge.

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