A case of total absence of yellow in the Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Svante Martinsson
pp. 28-29
Abstract
An aberrantly coloured male Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis, lacking yellow pigment, is reported from the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria. This could be the first documented case of this colour aberration in the species.
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