It means it looks like a whistler, similar to the cockohuí, which is like the whistler. Fake cockohuí. Pseudo is like, similar and Rectes is one of the synonyms of Pitohui, which is the name of a genus of birds of the family Oriolidae. Pseudorectes is the name of a genus of birds that belongs to the family Pachycephalidae . They are only found in New Guinea.
