Goldenface

Overview

Goldenface (Pachycare flavogriseum) is a species of Australasian Warblers (Acanthizidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).

Scientific Classification

Genus: Pachycare; binomial: Pachycare flavogriseum; authority: (Meyer, AB, 1874).

Distribution

Breeding range: Australasia.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

The enigmatic Goldenface of New Guinea is not a whistler, but is a basal (subfamily) member of Acanthizidae (Norman et al. 2009b; Schodde & Christidis 2014). Resequence to beginning of this family.