Biology:Piping bellbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Piping bellbird
Oreoica cristata - 1825-1834 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ16600317 2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oreoicidae
Genus: Ornorectes
Iredale, 1956
Species:
O. cristatus
Binomial name
Ornorectes cristatus
(Salvadori, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Pitohui cristatus
  • Rectes cristata

The piping bellbird (Ornorectes cristatus), or crested pitohui, is a species of bird in the family Oreoicidae. It was previously placed in the family Pachycephalidae.

It is found on New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3042280 entry