Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous)

Other Names (World)
Hooded Pitohui, Black-headed Pitohui, Lesser Pitohui, Lesser Wood-shrike

Family
Oriolidae (Old World Orioles)

Size
22 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropicaland tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropicaland tropical montane moist forest, mangroves, dry forest, heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

New Guinea, including Yapen I.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) [XC62602]
by Frank Lambert from Arfak Mountain Trek, Ciraubri camp, Irian Jaya Barat, Indonesia (song)

Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) [XC605495]
by Nick Athanas from Lookout Trail, Varirata NP, Kairuku-Hiri, Central Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

dichrous (Bonaparte, 1850) - New Guinea.
monticola Rothschild, 1904 - Mountains of central New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) - 10 files

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