Raja Ampat pitohui
Species of bird
| Raja Ampat pitohui | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Pitohui cerviniventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103691606A112512830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103691606A112512830.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Species 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.
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