Rufous whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris). Male. Conservation status: Least Concern. CC: IXBX 📷: Photo by pen_ash via Pixabay 2023 The photo shows a small bird with a grey back, a rufous breast, and a dark head with a white throat. It's wings and tail are grey, streaked with black.

🌏 Rufous whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) #Australasianbirds #Australianbirds #Melanesianbirds #NewCaledonianbirds | #Whistlers #Pachycephalidae | #mybirdcards #birdcards #birds🦜 #BirdsOfBluesky #birds

And for this #SketchbookSunday, from the naturalist‘s journal, something on the #evolution of colour-variety among #Pachycephalidae - as learned in @mfnberlin.