Biology:Raja Ampat pitohui

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Short description: Species of bird

Raja Ampat pitohui
Rectes cerviniventris - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Pitohui
Species:
P. cerviniventris
Binomial name
Pitohui cerviniventris
(Gray, GR, 1862)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Rectes cerviniventris

The Raja Ampat pitohui (Pitohui cerviniventris), or Waigeo pitohui, is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae found on the western Papuan Islands of New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds.

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was split from the northern variable pitohui in 2013.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[3]

  • P. c. pallidus - van Oort, 1907: Found on Sagewin and Batanta Islands (western Papuan Islands)
  • P. c. cerviniventris - (Gray, GR, 1862): Found on Waigeo and Gemien Islands (western Papuan Islands)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14944500 entry